Status passage, stigma and menstrual management: Starting and being on

Social Theory and Health

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 392-407

  Newton, Victoria Louise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

body management; menarche; menstruation; passage; stigma

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868160181     PISSN: 14778211     EISSN: 1477822X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/sth.2012.13     Document Type: Article

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