Development of a new scale to measure beliefs about and attitudes toward menstruation (BATM): Data from Mexico and the United States

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 453-473

  Marvan Ma ^a,b   Ramírez Esparza, Dyana ^a   Cortés Iniestra, Sandra ^a   Chrisler, Joan ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LAS AMÉRICAS PUEBLA   (Mexico)

^b The Holleran Center for Community Action and Public Policy   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENSTRUATION; METHODOLOGY; MEXICO; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENSTRUATION; MEXICO; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 33746850260     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: 10964665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399330600629658     Document Type: Article

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