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Menopausal Age and Symptomatology in a General Practice

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2008

Barbara Thompson ,
Shirley A. Hart  and
D. Durno
Barbara Thompson
Affiliation:
MRC Medical Sociology Unit, University of Aberdeen, and Department of General Practice, University of Aberdeen
Shirley A. Hart
Affiliation:
MRC Medical Sociology Unit, University of Aberdeen, and Department of General Practice, University of Aberdeen
D. Durno
Affiliation:
MRC Medical Sociology Unit, University of Aberdeen, and Department of General Practice, University of Aberdeen
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Extract

Most women in Western society seem to reach the menopause in their early fifties; the median age in this Aberdeen series being 50.1 years. As far as symptoms were concerned, only the vasomotor disorders, flushing and night sweats, were definitely correlated with the menopause.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 5 , Issue 1 , January 1973 , pp. 71 - 82
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1973

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