Agency and the body in adolescent menstrual talk

Childhood

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 91-110

  Fingerson, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Agency; Body; Children; Gender

Indexed keywords

EID: 14544289612     PISSN: 09075682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0907568205049894     Document Type: Review

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