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Chapter 8 - Musculoskeletal system and the menopause

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 September 2015

By
Jean Calleja-Agius  and
Mark P. Brincat
Edited by
Nick Panay ,
Paula Briggs  and
Gab Kovacs
Nick Panay
Affiliation:
Queen Charlotte’s Hospital, London
Paula Briggs
Affiliation:
Sefton Community Sexual Health Service, Liverpool
Gab Kovacs
Affiliation:
Monash University, Victoria
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Managing the Menopause
21st Century Solutions
 , pp. 58 - 66
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2015

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