Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 85, Issue 11 , Pages 1782-1792 , November 2004

Race, employment, and spinal cord injury

  • Michelle A. Meade, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA.
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Michelle A. Meade, PhD, Dept of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Virginia Commonwealth University, VCU Medical Center, PO Box 980677, Richmond, VA 23298-0677.
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  • Allen Lewis, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Rehabilitation Counseling, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA.
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  • M. Njeri Jackson, PhD

      Affiliations

    • African American Studies, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA.
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  • David W. Hess, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA.

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 Supported by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Services, US Department of Education (grant no. H133N000015).

 No party having a direct interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit on the author(s) or on any organization with which the author(s) is/are associated.

PII: S0003-9993(04)00625-2

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2004.05.001

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 85, Issue 11 , Pages 1782-1792 , November 2004

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