Doing disability research in a Southern context: Challenges and possibilities

Disability and Society

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 415-426

  Singal, Nidhi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Disability; India; Research

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953303135     PISSN: 09687599     EISSN: 13600508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09687591003755807     Document Type: Article

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