Workplace discrimination and cumulative trauma disorders: The national EEOC ADA research project

Work

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 49-56

  Armstrong, Amy J ^a   McMahon, Brian T ^b   West, Steven L ^a   Lewis, Allen ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDER; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; EMPLOYABILITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; JOB PERFORMANCE; LAW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PHYSICAL DISEASE; SHIFT WORKER; UNITED STATES; WORK CAPACITY; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

ADULT; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABLED PERSONS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE; RESEARCH; SOCIAL JUSTICE; WORKPLACE;

EID: 22144440965     PISSN: 10519815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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