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Menstruation Mediated: Monstrous Emergences of Menstruation and Menstruators on YouTube [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
AbstractThe chapter engages with feminist theories of the monstrous, performativity, and new materialism to examine how menstruation is negotiated and performed by young menstruators in the context of YouTube videos. It further asks what menstruation and menstruators can be(come) in the intersection of mediation and multiple cultural, material ...
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Epidemiology of Dysmenorrhea Among Female Adolescents in Central Jakarta [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Dysmenorrhea is a naturally occurring condition experienced by female teenagers during menstruation, but numerous reports claimed its tendency to incur a negative impact on them. As a result, it is imperative that we are well informed of the condition in
Juniar, D. (Dilfa)
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OVULATION AND MENSTRUATION [PDF]

open access: yesBMJ, 1934
To the Editor:— I should like to be given the opportunity of replying to Dr. Novak's letter inThe Journaldated April 21. I agree with Hartman that the disintegration changes in the endometrium during the anovular cyclic hemorrhage of the macaque and during menstruation in the human female are almost identical.
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Endothelin and menstruation [PDF]

open access: yesHuman Reproduction, 1996
Endothelin (ET) and its mRNA are present in human endometrium. Its expression varies across the menstrual cycle, reaching maximal levels in the pre-menstrual phase. Human endometrial epithelial cells are the major in-vitro source of ET, and its release is affected by the stage of the menstrual cycle from which the endometrium is taken and by the ...
Marion M Marsh   +2 more
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Practice and Lived Experience of Menstrual Exiles (Chhaupadi) among Adolescent Girls in Far Western Nepal. December 2018 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Background: Menstrual exile, also known as Chhaupadi, is a tradition of “untouchability” in far-western Nepal. Forbidden from touching other people and objects, women and girls are required to live away from the community, typically in a livestock shed ...
Amatya, Prabisha   +4 more
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Menstrual hygiene in South Asia: A Neglected Issue for WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene) Programmes [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
This article explores the reasons why menstrual hygiene management is not generally included in WASH initiatives, the social and health impacts of this neglect on women and girls, and provides examples of successful approaches to tackling menstrual ...

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Lower lung function associates with cessation of menstruation: UK Biobank data [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Little is known about the effect of cessation of menstruation on lung function. The aims of the study were to examine the association of lung function with natural and surgical cessation of menstruation, and assess whether lower lung function is ...
Amaral, AFS   +4 more
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THEORY OF MENSTRUATION. [PDF]

open access: yesThe Lancet
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Grant, RobertE, Girdwood, G. F.
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Menstruation as medicine [PDF]

open access: yesSocial Science & Medicine, 1985
Traditional healing rituals in many parts of the world seem to derive from a model of cyclical renewal provided in the first instance by menstruation. Health is seen as dependent upon a correct balance between polar opposite states such as 'heat' and 'cold','dryness' and 'wetness' etc.
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