Menstrual Synchronization: A Qualitative Study

Journal of Holistic Nursing

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 98-114

  Klebanoff, Nina A ^a   Keyser, Patsy K ^b  

^a Texas Woman's University ^*  (Mexico)

^b TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOLISTIC NURSING; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LESBIAN; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOLISTIC NURSING; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PERIODICITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; WOMEN;

EID: 0030162457     PISSN: 08980101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/089801019601400203     Document Type: Article

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