A pilot survey of sexual functioning and preferences in a sample of english-speaking adults from a small south Indian town

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1254-1261

  Kar, Nilamadhab ^a   Koola, Maju Mathew ^b  

^a NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Sexual Dysfunction; Sexual Functioning; Sexual Preferences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETISHISM; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INCEST; INDIA; LIBIDO DISORDER; MALE; MARRIAGE; MASTURBATION; ORGASM DISORDER; PILOT STUDY; PREMATURE EJACULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVIATION; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; TELEPHONE;

EID: 34548309362     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2007.00543.x     Document Type: Article

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