Is this menopause? Women in midlife - psychosocial issues

Australian Family Physician

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 889-893

  Deeks, Amanda A ^a  

^a Jean Hailes Foundation for Women's Health   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY IMAGE; CASE REPORT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LIBIDO; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

AFFECT; BODY IMAGE; CULTURE; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LIBIDO; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 16644371251     PISSN: 03008495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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