Environmental barriers experienced by urban and rural disabled people in South Africa

Disability and Society

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 357-369

  Maart, S ^a,d   Eide, A H ^b   Jelsma, J ^a   Loeb, M E ^b   Toni, M Ka ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b SINTEF   (Norway)

^c Disabled People South Africa ^*  (South Africa)

^d Observatory 7925   (South Africa)

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EID: 34250364806     PISSN: 09687599     EISSN: 13600508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09687590701337678     Document Type: Article

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