Sanitary Pad Interventions for Girls' Education in Ghana: A Pilot Study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Montgomery, Paul ^a   Ryus, Caitlin R ^b   Dolan, Catherine S ^b   Dopson, Sue ^b   Scott, Linda M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMAN; MENSTRUATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PILOT STUDY; PUBERTY; SANITARY PAD; SCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL HEALTH EDUCATION; SEXUAL EDUCATION;

CHILD; CITIES; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; GHANA; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; HYGIENE; MENSTRUATION; PILOT PROJECTS; PUBERTY; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOLS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84868288781     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0048274     Document Type: Article

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