Maturitas
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Constructing a standard climacteric scale

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☆ Reprint of an article originally published in Maturitas, 29(1), pp. 25–31.

PII: S0378-5122(08)00228-4

doi: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2008.09.011

Maturitas
Volume 61, Issue 1 , Pages 78-84 , September 2008

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