How women experience menopause: The importance of social context

Journal of Women and Aging

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 57-73

  Winterich, Julie A ^a   Umberson, Debra ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Health and aging; Hormone replacement therapy; Menopause; Women and aging; Women and health

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY IMAGE; CAUCASIAN; ESTROGEN THERAPY; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; GRIEF; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGING; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY IMAGE; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FAMILY; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MENOPAUSE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL VALUES; TEXAS; WOMEN;

EID: 0033251501     PISSN: 08952841     EISSN: 15407322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J074v11n04_05     Document Type: Article

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