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The climacteric experience of Black African women has received little attention in the medical literature. In fact, because almost all menopause surveys have been of almost entirely non-Black populations, little is known about Black women’s climacteric experience or of the meanings and significance of this turning point in their life cycles.
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Bajulaiye, O., Sarrel, P.M. (1986). A survey of perimenopausal symptoms in Nigeria. In: Notelovitz, M., van Keep, P. (eds) The Climacteric in Perspective. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4145-8_16
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