Equally unequal: Gender discrimination in the workplace among adults with mental retardation

Work

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 205-213

  Julius, Elona ^a   Wolfson, Hagit ^a   Yalon Chamovitz, Shira ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FEMALE WORKER; GENDER; HALFWAY HOUSE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL HOSPITAL; WORKMAN COMPENSATION; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0038449882     PISSN: 10519815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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