Perimenopause lost - Reframing the end of menstruation

Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 323-335

  Prior, Jerilynn C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; PROGESTERONE;

AGING; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLIMACTERIUM; DENIAL; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ESTROGEN DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; MENOPAUSE; MENSTRUAL IRREGULARITY; MENSTRUATION; SELF ACTUALIZATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL STATUS; TABOO;

EID: 33750167246     PISSN: 02646838     EISSN: 1469672X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02646830600974071     Document Type: Article

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