Talking "among us": How women from different racial-ethnic groups define and discuss menopause

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 766-781

  Dillaway, Heather ^a   Byrnes, Mary ^a   Miller, Sara ^a   Rehan, Sonica ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONFERENCE PAPER; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 48849096934     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: 10964665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399330802179247     Document Type: Conference Paper

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