Menopause : : A Biocultural Perspective /

Menopause : : A Biocultural Perspective / / Lynnette Leidy Sievert.

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Menopause is a biological reality for all women in their forties and fifties. Yet the way we think about the cessation of menstruation is influenced by a variety of factors. Cultural and technological influences combine with biology to transform this universal phenomenon into an experience that vari...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Rutgers University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
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Sievert, Lynnette Leidy,
Place / Publishing House:New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [2006]
©2006
Year of Publication:2006
Language:English
Series:Studies in Medical Anthropology
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Physical Description:1 online resource (240 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • FIGURES
  • TABLES
  • PREFACE
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The Biological Basis of Menopause
  • 3. Methods of Study
  • 4. Age at Menopause
  • 5. The Discomforts of Menopause
  • 6. Hot Flashes
  • 7. Conclusions and Future Directions
  • NOTES
  • REFERENCES
  • INDEX
  • ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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