Menstrual health and factors associated with school absence among secondary school girls in Luang Prabang Province, Lao People’s Democratic Republic: A cross-sectional study

Souphalak Inthaphatha; Viengsakhone Louangpradith; Leyla Isin Xiong; Valee Xiong; Ly Ly; Vue Xaitengcha; Alongkone Phengsavanh; Nobuyuki Hamajima; Eiko Yamamoto

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0261268

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Menstrual health and factors associated with school absence among secondary school girls in Luang Prabang Province, Lao People’s Democratic Republic: A cross-sectional study

Souphalak Inthaphatha,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Healthcare Administration, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
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Viengsakhone Louangpradith,

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Healthcare and Rehabilitation, Ministry of Health, Vientiane Capital, Lao People’s Democratic Republic
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Leyla Isin Xiong,

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Days for Girls International, Luang Prabang City, Luang Prabang Province, Lao People’s Democratic Republic
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Valee Xiong,

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Days for Girls International, Luang Prabang City, Luang Prabang Province, Lao People’s Democratic Republic
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Ly Ly †,

† Deceased.

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Days for Girls International, Luang Prabang City, Luang Prabang Province, Lao People’s Democratic Republic
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Vue Xaitengcha,

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Days for Girls International, Luang Prabang City, Luang Prabang Province, Lao People’s Democratic Republic
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Alongkone Phengsavanh,

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, University of Health Sciences, Vientiane Capital, Lao People’s Democratic Republic
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Nobuyuki Hamajima,

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Healthcare Administration, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
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Eiko Yamamoto

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: yamaeiko@med.nagoya-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Healthcare Administration, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0517-5091

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Menstrual health and factors associated with school absence among secondary school girls in Luang Prabang Province, Lao People’s Democratic Republic: A cross-sectional study

Souphalak Inthaphatha,
Viengsakhone Louangpradith,
Leyla Isin Xiong,
Valee Xiong,
Ly Ly,
Vue Xaitengcha,
Alongkone Phengsavanh,
Nobuyuki Hamajima,
Eiko Yamamoto

Published: December 13, 2021
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0261268

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