What are young undergraduate women's qualitative experiences of the menstrual cycle?

Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 259-265

  Choi, P Y L ^a   McKeown, S ^b  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Menstrual management; Premenstrual stereotype; Premenstrual syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; STEREOTYPY;

EID: 0031435020     PISSN: 0167482X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01674829709080697     Document Type: Article

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