Wheelchair accessibility of public buildings in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates (UAE)

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 26, Issue 19, 2004, Pages 1150-1157

  Rivano Fischer, Daniel ^a,b  

^a TAWAM HOSPITAL   (United Arab Emirates)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BUILDING; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; DISABILITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LAW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TELEPHONE; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; URBAN AREA; WHEELCHAIR;

ARCHITECTURAL ACCESSIBILITY; DISABLED PERSONS; ELEVATORS AND ESCALATORS; HUMANS; PARKING FACILITIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; TOILET FACILITIES; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; WHEELCHAIRS;

EID: 5044221639     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/096382804100017214843     Document Type: Article

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