Bioidentical hormones, menopausal women, and the lure of the “natural” in U.S. anti-aging medicine
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DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.02.027
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United States; Menopause; Hormone replacement therapy; Bioidentical hormones; Aging; Anti-aging; Biomedicine; Women's health;All these keywords.
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