Functional assessment to predict capacity for work in a population of school-leavers with disabilities

International Journal of Disability, Development and Education

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 331-349

  Eagar, Kathy ^a   Green, Janette ^a   Gordon, Robert ^a   Owen, Alan ^a   Masso, Malcolm ^a   Williams, Kathryn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Capacity for work; Disability; Function; Functional hierarchy; School leavers

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747175102     PISSN: 1034912X     EISSN: 1465346X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10349120600847755     Document Type: Article

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