Women's menarche stories from a multicultural sample

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 667-679

  Uskul, Ayse K ^a,b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Culture; Focus groups; Menarche; Women's health

Indexed keywords

WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EDUCATION; EXPECTATION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENARCHE; MENSTRUATION; MOTHER; NORMAL HUMAN; RELIGION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MENARCHE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; NARRATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; WOMEN;

EID: 2942534748     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2003.11.031     Document Type: Article

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