Men's Health: 'The Female of the Species is More Healthy than the Male'

Health of Women with Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 219-227

  Kerr, Mike ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health education; Learning disabilities; Medico legal environment; Public health; Social care

Indexed keywords

EID: 84957612386     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470776162.ch14     Document Type: Chapter

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