Predictors of employment status among African Americans with sickle cell disease

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1124-1137

  Bediako, Shawn M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

Employment status; Gender.; Psychosocial outcomes; Sickle cell disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASSERTIVENESS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; STATISTICS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; ASSERTIVENESS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEX FACTORS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 78649566503     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: 15486869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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