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- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Engs, Ruth C. (2003). The progressive era's health reform movement: a historical dictionary. Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers. pp. 20–22. ISBN 0-275-97932-6.
- 1 2 Proceedings of the Fifth Congress of the American School Hygiene Association. Springfield, MA: ASCHA. 1911. p. 13.
- ↑ Engs, Ruth C. (2003). The progressive era's health reform movement: a historical dictionary. Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers. p. 20. ISBN 0-275-97932-6.
- ↑ Proceedings of the Congress of the American School Hygiene Association. Vol. 6. American School Hygiene Association. 1917. p. 9.
- ↑ Engs, Ruth C. (2003). The progressive era's health reform movement: a historical dictionary. Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers. pp. 21–22. ISBN 0-275-97932-6.
- ↑ "About ASHA - American School Health Association". ASHA. Archived from the original on 25 January 2012. Retrieved 24 September 2011.