The shaping of midlife womens views of health and health behaviors

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 966-976

  Smith Dijulio, Kathleen ^a   Windsor, Carol ^b   Anderson, Debra ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gender; Interpretive methods; Menopause; Midlife; Perceptions; Risk; Womens health; Womens issues

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

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

EID: 77953769088     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732310362985     Document Type: Article

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