Women be Healthy: Evaluation of a Women's Health Curriculum for Women with Intellectual Disabilities

Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 247-253

  Lunsky, Yona ^a,b   Straiko, Amy ^a   Armstrong, Sharon ^a  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Advocacy; Intellectual disability; Women's health

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842534915     PISSN: 13602322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-3148.2003.00160.x     Document Type: Article

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