Scripting the body: Pharmaceuticals and the (Re)making of menstruation

Signs

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 925-949

  Mamo, Laura ^a   Fosket, Jennifer Ruth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 70349484213     PISSN: 00979740     EISSN: 15456943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/597191     Document Type: Article

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