Predictors of employment for young adults with developmental motor disabilities

Work

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 433-442

  Magill Evans, Joyce ^a   Galambos, Nancy ^a   Darrah, Johanna ^a   Nickerson, Christy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Employment; Gender; Motor disability; Young adults

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ALBERTA; CEREBRAL PALSY; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; TRANSPORTATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149359233     PISSN: 10519815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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