Physical access in urban public housing facilities

Disability and Health Journal

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 25-29

  Froehlich Grobe, Katherine ^a   Regan, Gail ^b   Reese Smith, Jacqueline Y ^c   Heinrich, Katie M ^d   Lee, Rebecca E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b Castleton State College   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Environment design; People with physical disabilities; Public housing; Public policy; Social welfare

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL BARRIER; ARTICLE; CONSTRUCTION WORK; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HOUSING; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL WELFARE; URBAN AREA;

ARCHITECTURAL ACCESSIBILITY; DISABLED PERSONS; HUMANS; PUBLIC HOUSING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 41249100407     PISSN: 19366574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dhjo.2007.11.003     Document Type: Article

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