'This is a natural process': Managing menstrual stigma in Nepal

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 426-439

  Crawford, Mary ^a   Menger, Lauren M ^b   Kaufman, Michelle R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

attitudes; menarche; menstruation; Nepal; stigma

Indexed keywords

ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HINDUISM; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENARCHE; MENSTRUATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEPAL; PSYCHOLOGY; STEREOTYPING; YOUNG ADULT;

FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HINDUISM; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MENARCHE; MENSTRUATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEPAL; STEREOTYPING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899451774     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: 14645351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691058.2014.887147     Document Type: Article

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