Disability examinations: A look at the social security disability income system

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 324, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 220-226

  Duddleston, David N ^a   Blackston, Joseph W ^a   Bouldin, Marshall J ^a   Brown, C Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; DISABILITY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INCOME; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN; SOCIAL SECURITY; UNITED STATES; WORK CAPACITY; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

EID: 0036787741     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000441-200210000-00009     Document Type: Conference Paper

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