The menopause: Women's psychology and health care

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1447-1456

  Defey, Denise ^a   Storch, Eduardo ^a   Cardozo, Silvia ^a   Díaz, Olga ^a   Fernández, Graciela ^a  

^a AGORA Inst Intervenciones P   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Gynecology health care; Menopause; Psychology; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MENOPAUSE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0029875387     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0277-9536(95)00344-4     Document Type: Review

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