Prevalence and risk factors of sexual dysfunction in men and women

Current Psychiatry Reports

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 189-195

  Rosen, Raymond C ^a  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Erectile Dysfunction; Female Sexual Dysfunction; Premature Ejaculation; Sexual Desire; Sexual Dysfunction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSEXUAL DISORDER; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0034207846     PISSN: 15233812     EISSN: 15351645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11920-996-0006-2     Document Type: Article

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