Disability rights: Attitudes of private and public sector representatives

Journal of Rehabilitation

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 28-37

  Hernandez, Brigida ^a   Keys, Christopher B ^b   Balcazar, Fabricio E ^b  

^a DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABILITY; ETHNOLOGY; EXPERIENCE; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POPULATION RESEARCH; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1642372143     PISSN: 00224154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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