Exploring Chinese women's cultural beliefs and behaviours regarding the practice of "doing the month"

Women and Health

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 109-123

  Holroyd, Eleanor ^a   Twinn, Sheila ^a   Yim, Ip Wan ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; BREAST FEEDING; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIETARY INTAKE; ETHNOLOGY; EXPERIENCE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; HUMAN RIGHTS; INTERVIEW; PRENATAL CARE; PRIMIGRAVIDA; PUERPERIUM; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOLOGY; TELEPHONE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS; HONG KONG; HUMANS; POSTNATAL CARE; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CARE;

EID: 21044456668     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J013v40n03_08     Document Type: Article

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