Does menopausal transition really influence mental health? Findings from the prospective long‐term Zurich study

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  2016

• Venue

  World Psychiatry

• Publication date

  2016-06-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1002/wps.20319PMID 27265705PMCID PMC4911775
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