Sexual activity, sexual disorders and associated help-seeking behavior among mature adults in five anglophone countries from the Global Servey of Sexual Attitudes and Behaviors (GSSAB)

Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 331-342

  Nicolosi, Alfredo ^a,b,h   Laumann, Edward ^c   Glasser, Dale ^d   Brock, Gerald ^e   King, Rosie ^f   Gingell, Clive ^g  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES   (Italy)

^b Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain and the Gertrude H Sergievsky Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d PFIZER INC   (United States)

^e ST JOSEPH S HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^f Australian Centre for Sexual Health   (Australia)

^g SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^h CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GLOBAL SURVEY OF SEXUAL ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIORS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; NEW ZEALAND; PREVALENCE; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; TELEPHONE; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; COITUS; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SEXUAL PARTNERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745699784     PISSN: 0092623X     EISSN: 15210715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00926230600666469     Document Type: Review

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