Factors shaping attitudes towards physical disability and availability of rehabilitative support systems for disabled persons in Rural Kenya

Asia Pacific Disability Rehabilitation Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 93-113

  Monk, Julie ^b   Wee, Joy ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE

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