Attitudes towards and experience of the menstrual cycle across different cultural and religious groups

Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 314-322

  Bramwell, Ros ^a   Zeb, Rabia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Edenfield Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRISTIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MOSLEM; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELIGION; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 33750160073     PISSN: 02646838     EISSN: 1469672X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02646830600973990     Document Type: Article

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