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Development of a New Scale to Measure Beliefs about and Attitudes Toward Menstruation (BATM): Data from Mexico and the United States

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Pages 453-473 | Received 26 Jul 2005, Accepted 27 Oct 2005, Published online: 22 Sep 2006

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