Discourses on menopause - Part II: How do women talk about menopause?

Health

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 177-192

  Hvas, Lotte ^a   Gannik, Dorte Effersøe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Discourse analysis; Menopause; Midlife; Social construction; Women

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

AGING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; WOMEN; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 41249097601     PISSN: 13634593     EISSN: 14617196     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363459308091428     Document Type: Article

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