Correlates of sexual functioning among mid-life women

Climacteric

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 132-142

  Gallicchio, L ^a   Schilling, C ^b   Tomic, D ^b   Miller, S R ^c   Zacur, H ^c   Flaws, J A ^a,d  

^a MERCY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Hormones; Menopause; Mid life; Sexual functioning; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ESTROGEN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; SEXUALITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

BALTIMORE; DEPRESSION; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 33947590685     PISSN: 13697137     EISSN: 14730804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13697130601167956     Document Type: Article

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