Health benefits for vocational rehabilitation consumers: Comparison of access rates with workers in the general population

Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 87-95

  Lustig, Daniel C ^a   Strauser, David R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Health benefits; Vocational rehabilitation consumers

Indexed keywords

EID: 73149116419     PISSN: 00343552     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0034355209340441     Document Type: Article

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