Vocational rehabilitation-related predictors of quality of life among people with multiple sclerosis

Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 155-163

  Rumrill Jr , Phillip D ^a   Roessler, Richard T ^b   Fitzgerald, Shawn M ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Quality of life; Vocational rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PREDICTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STRESS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VARIANCE; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION;

EID: 4444376726     PISSN: 10522263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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