Risk and Vulnerability: Dilemmas for Women

Health of Women with Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 154-169

  Walsh, Patricia Noonan ^a   Murphy, Glynis H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dilemmas; Gender differences; Intellectual disabilities; Social networks; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 84957668329     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470776162.ch10     Document Type: Chapter

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