PM&R
Volume 1, Issue 1 , Pages 41-49 , January 2009

The Influence of Minority Status on Job Stability After Traumatic Brain Injury

  • Juan Carlos Arango-Lasprilla, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Virginia Commonwealth University Rehabilitation Psychology and Neuropsychology, VCU West Hospital, 3rd Floor Room 3-102, 1200 East Broad St., Richmond, VA 23298⁎
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: J.C.A.-L.
    • ,
  • Jessica M. Ketchum, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA⁎
    • ,
  • Kelli W. Gary, PhD

      Affiliations

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

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA⁎
    • ,
  • Therese M. O'Neil-Pirozzi, ScD, CCC-SLP

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitaton, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, and the 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⁎
    • ,
  • Carlos Marquez de la Plata, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX⁎
    • ,
  • Amitabh Jha, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Craig Hospital, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Englewood, CO⁎

Received 22 March 2008 ,Accepted 9 July 2008.

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 Disclosure Key can be found on the Table of Contents and at www.pmrjournal.org

 This research was supported by grants H133A070036 and H133P040006 from the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, United States Department of Education.

PII: S1934-1482(08)00007-5

doi: 10.1016/j.pmrj.2008.07.001

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