Managing menopause: A qualitative analysis of self-help literature for women at midlife

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1629-1642

  Lyons, Antonia C ^a   Griffin, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Discourse analysis; Hormone replacement therapy; Menopause; Midlife; Self help; Women

Indexed keywords

WOMENS HEALTH;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BOOK; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; LITERATURE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MENOPAUSE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SELF HELP; UNITED KINGDOM;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DISEASE; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF CARE; SEMANTICS; SOCIAL VALUES; TERMINOLOGY; TEXTBOOKS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0037375157     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(02)00165-X     Document Type: Article

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