Menstruation: Knowledge, beliefs and practices of women in the reproductive age group residing in an urban resettlement colony of Delhi

Health and Population: Perspectives and Issues

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 9-16

  Baridalyne, N ^a   Reddaiah, V P ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Absorbent; Knowledge and Practice; Menstruation; Reproductive age women

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AWARENESS; CONSULTATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF MEDICATION;

EID: 2442710437     PISSN: 02536803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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