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Menopause : A Biocultural Perspective /
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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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New Brunswick, N.J. :
Rutgers University Press,
2006.
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Menopause : |b A Biocultural Perspective / |c Lynnette Leidy Sievert. |
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| 490 | 0 | |a Studies in medical anthropology. | |
| 505 | 0 | |a Introduction -- The biological basis of menopause -- Methods of study -- Age at menopause -- The discomforts of menopause -- Hot flashes -- Conclusions and future directions -- Notes -- References -- Index. | |
| 520 | |a 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 varies considerably between cultures and individuals. In this concise book, Lynnette Leidy Sievert draws on her own case studies from Puebla, Mexico, and western Massachusetts, as well as on comparative data from other studies in places such as Slovenia, Paraguay, and Hawaii, to explore the different wa. | ||
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| 650 | 7 | |a HEALTH & FITNESS |x Women's Health. |2 bisacsh | |
| 650 | 7 | |a MEDICAL |x Reproductive Medicine & Technology. |2 bisacsh | |
| 650 | 7 | |a social anthropology. |2 aat | |
| 650 | 7 | |a ethnology. |2 aat | |
| 650 | 6 | |a Études transculturelles. | |
| 650 | 6 | |a Ethnologie. | |
| 650 | 6 | |a Menopause. | |
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| 650 | 2 | |a Menopause | |
| 650 | 2 | 2 | |a Cross-Cultural Comparison |
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| 650 | 1 | 2 | |a Menopause |x physiology |
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