Female trouble: The menstrual self-evaluation scale and women's self-objectification

Psychology of Women Quarterly

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 22-26

  Roberts, Tomi Ann ^a  

^a University of Colorado College of Nursing   (United States)

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EID: 1842764937     PISSN: 03616843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6402.2004.00119.x     Document Type: Article

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