Examining career success of minority and women emergency medical technicians (EMTs): A LEADS Project

Human Resource Development Quarterly

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 281-298

  Russ Eft, Darlene F ^a   Dickison, Philip D ^b   Levine, Roger ^c  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ELSEVIER MASSON   (France)

^c American Institutes for Research

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EID: 58149271032     PISSN: 10448004     EISSN: 15321096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hrdq.1242     Document Type: Article

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