'Patience, hormone replacement therapy and rain!' Women, ageing and drought in Australia: Narratives from the mid-age cohort of the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health

Australian Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 324-328

  Rich, Jane L ^a   Wright, Sarah L ^b   Loxton, Deborah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Free text; Geography; Menopause; Qualitative; Rural

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGING; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISASTER; DROUGHT; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MANPOWER; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RETIREMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STANDARD; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGING; AUSTRALIA; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISASTERS; DROUGHTS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; NARRATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RAIN; RETIREMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84870268447     PISSN: 10385282     EISSN: 14401584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1584.2012.01294.x     Document Type: Article

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