Ethnicity/racial differences in employment outcomes following Spinal Cord Injury

NeuroRehabilitation

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 37-46

  Arango Lasprilla, Juan Carlos ^a   Ketchum, Jessica M ^b   Stevens, Lillian Flores ^b   Balcazar, Fabricio ^c   Wehman, Paul ^a   Forster, Lauren ^a   Hsu, Nansy ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

And employment; Minorities; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RATING SCALE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EMPLOYMENT; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60249096058     PISSN: 10538135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/NRE-2009-0452     Document Type: Article

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