Conceptualizing menopause and midlife: Chinese American and Chinese women in the US

Maturitas

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 11-23

  Adler, Shelley R ^a   Fosket, Jennifer R ^a   Kagawa Singer, Marjorie ^b   McGraw, Sarah A ^c   Wong Kim, Evaon ^d   Gold, Ellen ^e   Sternfeld, Barbara ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NEW ENGLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

^d University of California Berkeley   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese American women; Chinese women; Menopause; Midlife

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; CHINESE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENOPAUSE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034724707     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-5122(00)00090-6     Document Type: Article

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