Going back to Civvy street: A historical account of the impact of the Everest and Jennings wheelchair for Canadian World War II veterans with spinal cord injury

Disability and Society

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 149-170

  Tremblay, Mary ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 3042945251     PISSN: 09687599     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09687599650023209     Document Type: Article

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