The impact of aging on sexual function and sexual dysfunction in women: A review of population-based studies

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 317-330

  Hayes, Richard ^a   Dennerstein, Lorraine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Female epidemiology; Female hypoactive sexual desire disorder; Female orgasmic disorder; Female sexual arousal disorder

Indexed keywords

AGING; DISEASE DURATION; DYSPAREUNIA; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIBIDO; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LUBRICATION; MASTURBATION; ORGASM; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 19744371998     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2005.20356.x     Document Type: Article

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