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Legitimizing Women's Health: Bibliography

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  1. Nichols, Francine H. “History of the Women’s Health Movement in the 20th Century.” Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic & Neonatal Nursing 29, no. 1 (2000), 56-64, https://doi.org/10.1111%2Fj.1552-6909.2000.tb02756.x.
  2. Public Health Service Task Force on Women’s Health Issues. Women’s Health: Report of the Public Health Task Force on Women’s Health Issues. Department of Health and Human Services, 1985.
  3. Kirschstein, Ruth L. “Women’s Health: A Course of Action, Introductory Remarks.” Public Health Reports Supplement 102, no. 4 (1987): 7-8, https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/63031/cdc_63031_DS1.pdf.
  4. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. “Inclusion of Women in Study Populations.” NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts 16, no. 12 (1987): 1, https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/historical/1987_03_27_Vol_16_No_12.pdf.
  5. U.S. General Accounting Office. National Institutes of Health: Problems in Implementing Policy on Women in Study Populations. GAO T-HRD-90-50. Washington, DC, 1990. https://www.gao.gov/assets/t-hrd-90-50.pdf.
  6. Miller, Carol A. “Women’s Health: A Focus for the 1990s.” Bioscience 40, no. 11 (1990): 817-818, https://doi.org/10.1093/bioscience/40.11.817.
  7. The Steering Committee of the Physicians’ Health Study Research Group. “Preliminary Report: Findings from the Aspirin Component of the Ongoing Physicians’ Health Study.” The New England Journal of Medicine 318, no. 4 (1988): 262-264, https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJM198801283180431.
  8. Office of Research on Women’s Health. Comprehensive Report of the Office of Research on Women’s Health: Fiscal Years 1991-1992. Department of Health and Human Services, 1993.
  9. Office of Research on Women’s Health. Report of the National Institutes of Health: Opportunities for Research on Women’s Health. Department of Health and Human Services, 1991. https://archive.org/details/reportofnational00nati_2/mode/2up.
  10. National Institutes of Health Revitalization Act of 1993, Public Law 103-43, U.S. Statutes at Large 107 (1993): 122-219. https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/1.