The impact of aging on sexual function in women and their partners

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 431-437

  Kingsberg, Sheryl A ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Female sexuality; Hormone replacement therapy; Postmenopausal sexuality

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROSTANOLONE; ESTROGEN; TESTOSTERONE;

ACNE; AGING; ANDROGEN THERAPY; BLOOD FLOW; CLIMACTERIUM; CONFERENCE PAPER; COPING BEHAVIOR; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HIRSUTISM; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; INTIMACY; LIBIDO; LIVER INJURY; LONG TERM CARE; POSTMENOPAUSE; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL LIFE; STRESS; VAGINA; VAGINA ATROPHY; VAGINA EPITHELIUM; VAGINAL DRYNESS; VASCULARIZATION; VIBRATION SENSE; VIRILIZATION; ARTICLE; CLITORIS; MALE; MENOPAUSE; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSEXUAL DISORDER;

AGING; ANDROGENS; CLITORIS; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENOPAUSE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VAGINA;

EID: 0036781028     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1019844209233     Document Type: Conference Paper

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