Memories of menarche: Older women remember their first period

Journal of Aging Studies

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 83-101

  Lee, Janet ^b   Sasser Coen, Jennifer ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 16144366449     PISSN: 08904065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0890-4065(96)90007-9     Document Type: Article

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