Secular trends in self reported sexual activity and satisfaction in Swedish 70 year olds: Cross sectional survey of four populations, 1971-2001

BMJ

Volumn 337, Issue 7662, 2008, Pages 151-154

  Beckman, Nils ^a,b   Waern, Margda ^a   Gustafson, Deborah ^a   Skoog, Ingmar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b Neuropsychiatric Epidemiology Unit   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COITUS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SATISFACTION; SEXUALITY; SWEDEN;

AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COITUS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SWEDEN;

EID: 47849114339     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.a279     Document Type: Article

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