Portraits of menopause in the mass media

Women and Health

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 1-15

  Gannon, Linda ^a   Stevens, Jill ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; DIET; ETHNOLOGY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MENOPAUSE; MENTAL STRESS; PUBLISHING; RACE;

EID: 0031666535     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: 15410331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J013v27n03_01     Document Type: Article

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