Sex after seventy: A pilot study of sexual function in older persons

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1247-1253

  Smith, Lizette J ^a   Mulhall, John P ^b   Deveci, Serkan ^b   Monaghan, Niall ^b   Reid, M C ^b,c  

^a ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Older Adults; Patient Physician Communication; Primary Care; Sexual Function

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DYSPAREUNIA; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIBIDO DISORDER; LUBRICATION; MALE; MASTURBATION; MENTAL HEALTH; ORGASM; PENIS ERECTION; PILOT STUDY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 34548314478     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2007.00568.x     Document Type: Article

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