Beliefs about and attitudes toward menstruation among young and middle-aged mexicans

Sex Roles

Volumn 53, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 273-279

  Marván, Maria Luisa ^a   Cortés Iniestra, Sandra ^a   González, Regina ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LAS AMÉRICAS PUEBLA   (Mexico)

^b Universidad de Las Américas Puebla ^*

Author keywords

Age differences; Attitudes toward menstruation; Beliefs about menstruation; Gender differences; Menstruation

Indexed keywords

EID: 27244451762     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-005-5685-3     Document Type: Article

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