Sexuality following breast cancer

Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 237-250

  Meyerowitz, Bethe ^a   Desmond, Katherine A ^b   Rowland, Julia H ^c   Wyatt, Gail E ^d   Ganz, Patricia A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALITY;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033009841     PISSN: 0092623X     EISSN: 15210715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00926239908403998     Document Type: Article

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