Women's orgasm

Annual Review of Sex Research

Volumn 15, Issue , 2004, Pages 173-257

  Meston, Cindy M ^a   Levin, Roy J ^b   Sipski, Marca L ^c,f   Hull, Elaine M ^d   Heiman, Julia R ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Physiology of orgasm; Treatment of anorgasmia; Women's orgasm

Indexed keywords

AROUSAL; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BRAIN; COITUS; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; ORGASM; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSEXUAL DISORDER; REVIEW; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUALITY; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

AROUSAL; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BRAIN; COITUS; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; ORGASM; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SEXUAL PARTNERS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 26444446960     PISSN: 10532528     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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