Menstrual-related changes expected by premenarcheal girls living in rural and urban areas of Mexico

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 863-868

  Marván, María Luisa ^a   Vacio, Angeles ^b   Espinosa Hernández, Graciela ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LAS AMÉRICAS PUEBLA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE AGUASCALIENTES   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Expectation; Menstruation; Mexico; Rural health; Urban health

Indexed keywords

WOMENS HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUATION; MEXICO; NORMAL HUMAN; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOLOGY; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURE; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENARCHE; MENSTRUATION; MEXICO; RURAL POPULATION; STUDENTS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0037306044     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(02)00087-4     Document Type: Article

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