Sexual satisfaction and dysfunction in marriages of male alcoholics: Comparison with nonalcoholic maritally conflicted and nonconflicted couples

Journal of Studies on Alcohol

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 91-99

  O'Farrell, Timothy J ^a   Choquette, Keith A ^a   Cutter, Henry S G ^a   Birchler, Gary R ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; DYSPAREUNIA; HUMAN; IMPOTENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PREMATURE EJACULATION; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUALITY;

EID: 0031018344     PISSN: 0096882X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15288/jsa.1997.58.91     Document Type: Article

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