Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 89, Issue 5 , Pages 988-995 , May 2008

Racial Differences in Employment Outcomes After Traumatic Brain Injury

  • Juan Carlos Arango-Lasprilla, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Juan Carlos Arango-Lasprilla, PhD, Dept of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Virginia Commonwealth University, Rehabilitation Psychology and Neuropsychology, School of Medicine, Theater Row Bldg, 730 E Broad St, Richmond, VA 23219
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  • Jessica M. Ketchum, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
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  • Kelli Williams, MPH, MS, OTR/L

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
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  • Jeffrey S. Kreutzer, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
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  • Carlos D. Marquez de la Plata, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Psychiatry and Neurology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
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  • Therese M. O'Neil-Pirozzi, ScD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
    • Department of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, Northeastern University, Boston, MA.
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  • Paul Wehman, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA

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 Supported by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, U.S. Department of Education (grant nos. H133A020516, HI33B040011).No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit upon the authors or upon any organization with which the authors are associated.

PII: S0003-9993(08)00133-0

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2008.02.012

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 89, Issue 5 , Pages 988-995 , May 2008

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