Barriers and facilitators to employment after spinal cord injury: Underlying dimensions and their relationship to labor force participation

Spinal Cord

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 285-291

  Krause, J S ^a   Reed, K S ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

employment; factor analysis; spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONFIRMATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS; DISABILITY; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; EXPLORATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL STATUS; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ADULT; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARALYSIS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 79551684743     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: 14765624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sc.2010.110     Document Type: Article

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