Perceptions regarding menstruation and practices during menstrual cycles among high school going adolescent girls in resource limited settings around Bangalore city, Karnataka, India

International Journal of Collaborative Research on Internal Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1353-1362

  Shanbhag, D ^a   Shilpa, R ^a   D'Souza, N ^a   Josephine, P ^a   Singh, J ^a   Goud, B R ^a  

^a ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Adolescent girls; Hygiene; Menstruation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INDIA; INTERVIEW; KNOWLEDGE; MENARCHE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUATION; PERCEPTION; PREGNANCY; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL ASPECT; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 84863848244     PISSN: 18404529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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