Class, gender and culture in the experience of menopause. A comparative survey in Tunisia and France

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 401-409

  Delanoë, Daniel ^a,b,c,e   Hajri, Selma ^d   Bachelot, Annie ^a,b,c   Mahfoudh Draoui, Dorra ^d,f   Hassoun, Danielle ^a,b,c   Marsicano, Elise ^a,b,c   Ringa, Virginie ^a,b,c  

^a CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN EPIDEMIOLOGY AND POPULATION HEALTH   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^c INSTITUT NATIONAL D'ÉTUDES DÉMOGRAPHIQUES   (France)

^d National Office for the Family and Population   (Tunisia)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TUNIS   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Cross culture; France; Gender; Individualisation; Menopause; Social class; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

CLASS; CULTURE; ENDOCRINOLOGY; FERTILITY; GENDER; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; SOCIAL STATUS; WOMENS STATUS;

ADULT; AESTHETIC VALUE; AGED; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BUTTOCK PAIN; CULTURAL FACTOR; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; ESTHETICS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; FOOT PAIN; FRANCE; HAND PAIN; HEADACHE; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; KNEE PAIN; LEG PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARITAL SEX; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MENOPAUSE; PAIN; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PHYSICAL STRENGTH; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL DEGRADATION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL VALUE; STOMACH PAIN; STRENGTH; TUNISIA;

AGED; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURE; FEMALE; FRANCE; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF CONCEPT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TUNISIA; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

FRANCE; TUNISIA;

EID: 84861334254     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.02.051     Document Type: Article

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