Menstruation and school absenteeism: Evidence from rural Malawi

Comparative Education Review

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 260-284

  Grant, Monica ^a   Lloyd, Cynthia ^b   Mensch, Barbara ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 84876002606     PISSN: 00104086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/669121     Document Type: Article

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