Fear of sexual intercourse in patients with coronary artery disease: A pilot study of associated morbidity

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1619-1625

  Kazemi Saleh, Davoud ^a   Pishgou, Bahram ^a   Assari, Shervin ^a   Tavallaii, Seyed Abbass ^a  

^a BAQIYATALLAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Coronary Artery Disease; Marital Adjustment; Psychological Morbidity; Sexual Fear

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYADIC ADJUSTMENT SCALE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOSEXUAL DISORDER; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL FEAR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 35448998491     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2007.00619.x     Document Type: Article

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