Knowledge, practices, and restrictions related to menstruation among young women from low socioeconomic community in Mumbai, India

Frontiers in Public Health

Volumn 2, Issue JUL, 2014, Pages

  Thakur, Harshad ^a   Aronsson, Annette ^b   Bansode, Seema ^c   Lundborg, Cecilia Stalsby ^d   Dalvie, Suchitra ^e   Faxelid, Elisabeth ^d  

^a TATA INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Knowledge of menstruation; Menstrual hygiene; Menstrual practices; Menstruation; Problems during menstruation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84964973008     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22962565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2014.00072     Document Type: Article

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