Differences in employment outcomes 10 years after traumatic brain injury among racial and ethnic minority groups

Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 65-75

  Gary, Kelli W ^a   Ketchum, Jessica M ^a   Arango Lasprilla, Juan Carlos ^b   Kreutzer, Jeffrey S ^b   Novack, Thomas ^c   Copolillo, Al ^a   Deng, Xiaoyan ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

employment; minorities; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955006934     PISSN: 10522263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JVR-2010-0516     Document Type: Article

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