The medicalization of female fertility - Points of significance for the study of menopause

Collegium Antropologicum

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 67-78

  Sievert, Lynnette Leidy ^a  

^a Machmer Hall UMass at Amherst ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Fertility; Hormone replacement therapy; Menopause; Mexico

Indexed keywords

HORMONE;

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; BIOMEDICINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; SAMPLE SIZE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UTERINE TUBE LIGATION; ADOLESCENT; AGED; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; HOT FLUSH; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; ONSET AGE; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; UTERINE TUBE STERILIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGING; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; MASSACHUSETTS; MENOPAUSE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; STERILIZATION, TUBAL;

EID: 0141594919     PISSN: 03506134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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