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ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Attitudes and approaches to vaginal atrophy in postmenopausal women: a focus group qualitative study

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Pages 29-36 | Received 23 Jul 2013, Accepted 26 Sep 2013, Published online: 05 Nov 2013

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