Women's perception of sexuality during pregnancy and after birth

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 282-287

  Trutnovsky, Gerda ^a   Haas, Josef ^a   Lang, Uwe ^a   Petru, Edgar ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Post partum; Pregnancy; Sexual interest; Sexuality; Women

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO SEXUALITY; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; PARITY; PERCEPTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUERPERIUM; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; AUSTRIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; SEXUALITY; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 33745594666     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2006.00592.x     Document Type: Article

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