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At present about 5% of the world population are women between 45 and 54 years of age. They are on the threshold of the climacteric, a biological transformation, which certainly in Western society, coincides with considerable changes in a woman’s life situation.
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van Keep, P.A., Humphrey, M. (1976). Psycho-social Aspects of the Climacteric. In: van Keep, P.A., Greenblatt, R.B., Albeaux-Fernet, M. (eds) Consensus on Menopause Research. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-7179-3_2
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