The Nature of Sexual Desire: A Clinician's Perspective

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 279-285

  Levine, Stephen B ^a  

^a Center for Marital and Sexual Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Desire; Drive; Sexual desire disorders; Sexual motivation

Indexed keywords

AGE; AVERSION; DRIVE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIBIDO; LIFE CYCLE; MORALITY; MOTIVATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POPULATION RESEARCH; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; STIMULUS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSEXUAL DISORDER;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0142197180     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023421819465     Document Type: Review

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