Are post-menopausal women "half-a-man"?: Sexual beliefs, attitudes and concerns among midlife Chinese women

Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 15-29

  Ling, Davina C Y ^a   Wong, William C W ^b   Ho, Suzanne C ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHINESE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POSTMENOPAUSE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUALITY; TABOO; URBAN AREA;

CHINA; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 42049092561     PISSN: 0092623X     EISSN: 15210715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00926230701620522     Document Type: Article

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