Promoting menstrual health among persian adolescent girls from low socioeconomic backgrounds: A quasi-experimental study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Fakhri, Moloud ^a   Hamzehgardeshi, Zeinab ^a,b   Hajikhani Golchin, Nayereh Azam ^c   Komili, Abdulhay ^d  

^a MAZANDARAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^d Academician of Academy of Pedagogical and Social Sciences of Russian Federation   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD BEHAVIOR; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HYGIENE; IRAN; MENSTRUATION; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; HYGIENE; IRAN; MENSTRUATION; PARENTS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS;

EID: 84858141990     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-193     Document Type: Article

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