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Copyright © 2007 by Hesperian Foundation. All rights reserved.
First edition: February 2007
Printed in the USA
ISBN: 978-0-942364-50-7 paper
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Maxwell, Jane, 1941-
A health handbook for women with disabilities / Jane Maxwell, Julia Watts Belser, and
Darlena David.
p. cm.
Includes index.
ISBN 0-942364-50-3
1. Women with disabilities--Health and hygiene. 2. Women with disabilities--Medical
care. I. Belser, Julia Watts, 1978- II. David, Darlena. III. Title.
RA654.88.M39 2006
613’.04244--dc22
2006049246
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