Creating measures of rehabilitation outcomes for people who are visually impaired: The FIMBA project

Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 292-306

  Long, Richard G ^a   Crews, John E ^c   Mancil, Rickilyn ^b  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; REHABILITATION CENTER; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION;

EID: 0034075863     PISSN: 0145482X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0145482x0009400506     Document Type: Review

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