Medicalisation by whom? Accounts of menstruation conveyed by young women and medical experts in medical advisory columns

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 52-70

  Oinas, Elina ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Adolescence; Female body; Gendered health; Medicalisation; Menstruation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032356727     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9566.00080     Document Type: Article

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