Sexual problems among a specific population of minority women aged 40-80 years attending a primary care practice

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 795-803

  Sadovsky, Richard ^a   Alam, Wahila ^a   Enecilla, Mignon ^a   Cosiquien, Reginald ^a   Tipu, Omar ^a   Etheridge Otey, Jennifer ^a  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Inquiring about sexual issues; Minority older women; Sexual problems

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL PAIN; FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MINORITY GROUP; ORGASM DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; RANDOMIZATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33747642867     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2006.00288.x     Document Type: Article

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