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Introduction\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc483991464 \\h \u001411\u0015\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"_Toc483991465\" \u0014Why this review is important\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc483991465 \\h \u001411\u0015\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"_Toc483991466\" \u0014Policy context\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc483991466 \\h \u001411\u0015\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"_Toc483991467\" \u0014Older women’s economic participation\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc483991467 \\h \u001411\u0015\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"_Toc483991468\" \u0014Aims of this review\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc483991468 \\h \u001413\u0015\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"_Toc483991469\" \u0014Research questions\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc483991469 \\h \u001413\u0015\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"_Toc483991470\" \u0014Methodology\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc483991470 \\h \u001414\u0015\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"_Toc483991471\" \u0014Limitations of this methodology\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc483991471 \\h \u001416\u0015\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"_Toc483991472\" \u0014Defining the menopause transition\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc483991472 \\h \u001417\u0015\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"_Toc483991473\" \u00142. To what extent is the menopause transition a problem for women at work and in the wider labour market?\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc483991473 \\h \u001420\u0015\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"_Toc483991474\" \u0014Symptoms of the menopause transition\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc483991474 \\h \u001420\u0015\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"_Toc483991475\" \u0014The domino effect\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc483991475 \\h \u001421\u0015\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"_Toc483991476\" \u0014The biopsychocultural approach\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc483991476 \\h \u001422\u0015\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"_Toc483991478\" \u0014The effect of menopause transition symptoms at work\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc483991478 \\h \u001423\u0015\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"_Toc483991479\" \u0014Work performance overall\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc483991479 \\h \u001423\u0015\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"_Toc483991480\" \u0014Work performance by task and activity\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc483991480 \\h \u001425\u0015\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"_Toc483991481\" \u0014The scale of the problem\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc483991481 \\h \u001425\u0015\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"_Toc483991482\" \u0014Alternatives to self-report studies\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc483991482 \\h \u001428\u0015\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"_Toc483991483\" \u0014The effects of menopause transition symptoms on the wider labour market\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc483991483 \\h \u001429\u0015\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"_Toc483991484\" \u0014Positive accounts of the relationship between menopause transition and work\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc483991484 \\h \u001431\u0015\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"_Toc483991485\" \u00143. 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