Menopause: Lessons from anthropology

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 410-419

  Lock, Margaret ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Anthropology; Evolution; Japan; Menopause; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISTRESS SYNDROME; HEART DISEASE; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; JAPAN; LIFESPAN; LIFESTYLE; MENOPAUSE; POSTMENOPAUSE OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SWEATING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031902248     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006842-199807000-00005     Document Type: Article

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