Health and Aging Issues for Women in Their Own Voices

Health of Women with Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 137-153

  Gill, Carol J ^a   Brown, Allison A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging issues; Health issues; Health problems; Intellectual disabilities; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 84957684568     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470776162.ch9     Document Type: Chapter

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