Cross-cultural comparison of women's midlife symptom-reporting: A china study

Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 331-362

  Shea, Jeanne L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Biology versus culture; Cross cultural comparisons; Eastern versus Western; Menopause; Midlife women; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHINA; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DOCUMENTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MARRIAGE; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL CHANGE; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; AGING; CANADA; CHINA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURE; DOCUMENTATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MARITAL STATUS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL CHANGE; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 31544462728     PISSN: 0165005X     EISSN: 1573076X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11013-006-9020-4     Document Type: Article

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