"Kiss your period good-bye": Menstrual suppression in the popular press

Sex Roles

Volumn 54, Issue 5-6, 2006, Pages 353-360

  Johnston Robledo, Ingrid ^a   Barnack, Jessica ^a   Wares, Stephanie ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT FREDONIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Menstrual suppression; Menstruation; Popular press

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750698989     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-006-9007-1     Document Type: Review

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