Menstrual knowledge and practices of female adolescents in urban Karachi, Pakistan

Journal of Adolescence

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 531-541

  Ali, Tazeen Saeed ^a   Rizvi, Syeda Naghma ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Menstrual practices; Menstruation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PAKISTAN; PERSONAL HYGIENE; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; HYGIENE; MENSTRUAL HYGIENE PRODUCTS; MENSTRUATION; PAKISTAN; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 77954660857     PISSN: 01401971     EISSN: 10959254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2009.05.013     Document Type: Article

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