Symbols of menarche identified by African American females

Western Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 484-501

  Hawthorne, Dorothy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COLLEGE OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENARCHE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SYMBOLISM;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENARCHE; SYMBOLISM;

EID: 0036673106     PISSN: 01939459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/019394502400446379     Document Type: Article

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