Medicine, age and gender: The menopause in history

Menopause International

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 149-153

  Moscucci, Ornella ^a  

^a MAGDALEN COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

age; attitudes; gender; history; menopause

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990317724     PISSN: 17540453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/136218079900500408     Document Type: Review

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