A Systematic Review of the Health and Social Effects of Menstrual Hygiene Management

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Sumpter, Colin ^a   Torondel, Belen ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MENSTRUATION; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMANS; HYGIENE; MENSTRUATION; ODDS RATIO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PUBLICATION BIAS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84876863670     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0062004     Document Type: Article

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