Has the ADA improved the health of people with disabilities?

Disability and Health Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 225-226

  Turk, Margaret A ^a  

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Indexed keywords

AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT; DISABILITY; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; LAW SUIT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DISABLED PERSONS; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956948380     PISSN: 19366574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dhjo.2010.07.007     Document Type: Editorial

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