Sexuality of the elderly women;La sessualita delle donne anziane

Minerva Medica

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 311-315

  Calcaterra, R ^a,b   Cembalo, G ^a   Belmonte, M ^a   Merante, A ^a   Mattace, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDITERRANEA OF REGGIO CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

biological factors; old women; psychosocial factors; sexuality

Indexed keywords

AGING; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; REVIEW; SEXUALITY; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; GERIATRICS; SEX; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HUMANS; SEX; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0029943520     PISSN: 00264806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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