Adolescent girls define menstruation: A multiethnic exploratory study

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 831-847

  Kelly, Orringer ^a   Gahagan, Sheila ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MENARCHE; MENSTRUATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; UNITED STATES; PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CULTURE; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MENARCHE; MENSTRUATION; SELF CONCEPT; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955106992     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: 10964665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399331003653782     Document Type: Article

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