Decreased sexual interest and its relationship to body build in postmenopausal women

Maturitas

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 63-71

  Kirchengast, Sylvia ^a   Hartmann, Beda ^b   Gruber, Doris ^b   Huber, Johannes ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Univ Hosp Department of Gynecology   (Austria)

Author keywords

Androgens; Decreased sexual interest; Postmenopausal women; Somatometric features; Subcutaneous body fat distribution

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTENEDIONE; ESTRADIOL; TESTOSTERONE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0029985578     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-5122(95)00954-X     Document Type: Article

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