Health Promotion and Women

Health of Women with Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 170-189

  Heller, Tamar ^a   Marks, Beth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental conditions; Health promotion; Intellectual disabilities; Risk factors; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 84957677906     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470776162.ch11     Document Type: Chapter

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