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Cherry Lake Publishing
Ann Arbor, Michigan
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Reading Adviser: Marla Conn MS, Ed., Literacy specialist, Read-Ability, Inc.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Labrecque, Ellen, author.
Title: Patricia Bath and laser surgery / by Ellen Labrecque.
Description: Ann Arbor, MI : Cherry Lake Publishing, [2017] | Series: 21st century junior library. Women innovators | Audience: K to
grade 3. | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016030055| ISBN 9781634721806 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781634723121 (pbk.) | ISBN 9781634722469 (pdf) |
ISBN 9781634723787 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Bath, Patricia, 1942—Juvenile literature. | Ophthalmologists—Biography—Juvenile literature. |
Women inventors—Biography—Juvenile literature. | Eye—Surgery—Juvenile literature. | Lasers in surgery—History—
Juvenile literature.
Classification: LCC RE36.B2855 L33 2017 | DDC 617.7092 [B]—dc23
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