Chronic pain, intimacy, and sexuality: A qualitative study of women who live with pain

Journal of Sex Research

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 249-256

  Schlesinger, Lynn ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISABILITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTIMACY; MYALGIA; SEXUALITY;

EID: 0029763181     PISSN: 00224499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224499609551841     Document Type: Article

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