Maturitas
Volume 61, Issue 1 , Pages 34-53 , September 2008

“Reprint of” Climacteric and menopause in seven south-east Asian countries

  • M.J. Boulet

      Affiliations

    • International Health Foundation, Avenue de Broqueville 116-B9, 1200 Brussels, Belgium
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
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  • B.J. Oddens

      Affiliations

    • International Health Foundation, Avenue de Broqueville 116-B9, 1200 Brussels, Belgium
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  • P. Lehert

      Affiliations

    • Facultés Universitaires Catholiques de Mons, Mons, Belgium
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  • H.M. Vemer

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Nijmegen, Nijmegen, Netherlands
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  • A. Visser

      Affiliations

    • Helen Dowling Institute, Rotterdam, Netherlands

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☆ Reprint of an article originally published in Maturitas, 19(3), pp. 157–176.

PII: S0378-5122(08)00225-9

doi: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2008.09.008

Maturitas
Volume 61, Issue 1 , Pages 34-53 , September 2008

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