Women in a South Indian fishing village: Role identity, continuity, and the experience of menopause

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 271-279

  George, Theresa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIA; ATTITUDE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR; CRIME; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; ECONOMIC FACTORS; ETHNOLOGY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FEMALE ROLE; HUMAN; HUMAN RESOURCES; INDIA; LITERATURE REVIEW; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATION; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS; PSYCHOSOCIAL FACTORS; QUALITATIVE EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCTION; ROLE PLAYING; RURAL POPULATION--WOMEN; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTHERN ASIA; WOMEN'S STATUS;

ASIA; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; CRIME; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; ECONOMIC FACTORS; EVALUATION; FEMALE ROLE; HUMAN RESOURCES; INDIA; LITERATURE REVIEW; MENOPAUSE; OCCUPATIONS; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS; PSYCHOSOCIAL FACTORS; QUALITATIVE EVALUATION; REPRODUCTION; RURAL POPULATION--WOMEN; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PROBLEMS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTHERN ASIA; WOMEN'S STATUS;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; ROLE; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 0030185956     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: 10964665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399339609516244     Document Type: Article

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