Sexual functioning and practices in a multi-ethnic study of midlife women: Baseline results from SWAN

Journal of Sex Research

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 266-276

  Cain, Virginia S ^b   Johannes, Catherine B ^c   Avis, Nancy E ^c   Mohr, Beth ^c   Schocken, Miriam ^a   Skurnick, Joan ^c   Ory, Marcia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLIMACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPAREUNIA; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTURBATION; MENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALITY;

EID: 0141813565     PISSN: 00224499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224490309552191     Document Type: Article

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