Measurement of attitudes towards persons with disabilities

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 211-224

  Antonak, Richard F ^a   Livneh, Hanoch ^b  

^a INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; DISABILITY; EDUCATION; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0034072412     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/096382800296782     Document Type: Article

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