Bleeding Out Loud: Communication about Menstruation

Feminism and Psychology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 481-504

  Kissling, Elizabeth Arveda ^a  

^a EASTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0030508963     PISSN: 09593535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959353596064002     Document Type: Article

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