Cultural issues and the menopause

Menopause International

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 156-161

  Pitkin, Joan ^a  

^a ST MARK S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

acculturation; Attitudes to menopause; cultural; ethnicity; multiracial

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNICITY; FEMALE FERTILITY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MENOPAUSE; REVIEW; SEXUALITY;

ACCULTURATION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURE; FEMALE; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MENOPAUSE;

EID: 78650663273     PISSN: 17540453     EISSN: 17540461     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/mi.2010.010032     Document Type: Review

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