Strengths and challenges of intervention research in vocational rehabilitation: An illustration of agency-university collaboration

Journal of Rehabilitation

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 40-48

  Balcazar, Fabricio E ^a,d   Keys, Christopher B ^b   Davis, Margaret ^b   Lardon, Cécile ^c   Jones, Curtis ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSUMER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAMPLE SIZE; SUPPORT GROUP; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION;

EID: 20444415266     PISSN: 00224154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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