Women's Health and Hygiene Experiences During Deployment to the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars, 2003 through 2010

Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 172-177

  Doherty, Mary Ellen ^a   Scannell Desch, Elizabeth ^b  

^a WESTERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MOUNT SAINT MARY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Deployment; Hygiene; Military nurses; War; Women's health

Indexed keywords

AFGHANISTAN; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTERVIEW; INTROSPECTION; IRAQ; KNOWLEDGE; MENSTRUATION; MILITARY DEPLOYMENT; MILITARY NURSING; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PHENOMENOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVACY; SAFETY; SEXUAL CRIME; UNPLANNED PREGNANCY; WAR; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; MILITARY PERSONNEL; NURSES; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84858774183     PISSN: 15269523     EISSN: 15422011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-2011.2011.00115.x     Document Type: Article

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