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Is My Period Normal? How College-Aged Women Determine the Normality or Abnormality of Their Menstrual Cycles

Jill M. Wood PhD Women's Studies Department, The Pennsylvania State University, 133 Willard Building, University Park, PA, 16802 E-mail: [email protected]
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Patricia Barthalow Koch PhD Biobehavioral Health and Women's Studies Departments, The Pennsylvania State University, E-304 Health and Human Development Building, University Park, PA, 16802; Human Sexuality Program, Widener University, E-mail: [email protected]
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Phyllis Kernoff Mansfield PhD Women's Studies Department, The Pennsylvania State University, 133 Willard Building, University Park, PA, 16802 E-mail: [email protected]
Pages 41-56 | Published online: 22 Sep 2008

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