Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

African-American women's health and social issues / edited by
Catherine Fisher Collins; foreword by Vivian W. Pinn.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 0-86569-250-5 (alk. paper)

1. Afro-American women--Health and hygiene. 2. Afro-American
women--Diseases. 3. Afro-American women--Social conditions.

I. Collins, Catherine Fisher.

RA448.5.N4A44S 1996

613′.04244′08996073--dc20 96-10376

British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data is available.

Copyright © 1996 by Catherine Fisher Collins

All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be
reproduced, by any process or technique, without
the express written consent of the publisher.

Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 96-10376
ISBN: 0-86569-250-5

First published in 1996

Auburn House, 88 Post Road West, Westport, CT 06881
An imprint of Greenwood Publishing Group Inc.

Printed in the United States of America

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The paper used in this book complies with the
Permanent Paper Standard issued by the National
Information Standards Organization (Z39.48-1984).

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