Cross-cultural comparisons: Midlife, aging, and menopause

Menopause

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 663-667

  Obermeyer, Carla Makhlouf ^a   Sievert, Lynnette Leidy ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Cross cultural comparison; Menopause; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

AGING; COMMUNITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; SYMPTOM;

AGING; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE;

EID: 34447298605     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/gme.0b013e31809ff503     Document Type: Conference Paper

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