A comparison of disabled veteran and nonveteran income: Time to revise the law?

Journal of Disability Policy Studies

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 184-191

  Fulton, Lawrence V ^a   Belote, Janna M ^b   Brooks, Matthew S ^a   Coppola, M Nicholas ^c  

^a Army Baylor Graduate Program in Health and Business Administration   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Employment; Finance; Law legal issues; Policy; Regression; Veteran

Indexed keywords

EID: 70450048037     PISSN: 10442073     EISSN: 15384802     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1044207309341359     Document Type: Article

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