Barriers to employment among women with complex episodic disabilities

Journal of Disability Policy Studies

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 70-80

  Vick, Andrea ^a   Lightman, Ernie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

barriers; disability; employment; episodic; women

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955587914     PISSN: 10442073     EISSN: 15384802     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1044207309358588     Document Type: Article

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