Risk factors for female sexual dysfunction in the general population: Exploring factors associated with low sexual function and sexual distress

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1681-1693

  Hayes, Richard D ^a   Dennerstein, Lorraine ^a   Bennett, Catherine M ^a   Sidat, Mohsin ^a   Gurrin, Lyle C ^a   Fairley, Christopher K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Female sexual dysfunction; Low sexual function; Population based; Risk factors; Sexual distress

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; HORMONE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO SEXUALITY; AUSTRALIA; CLIMACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LIBIDO DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MENOPAUSE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORGASM; POSTAL MAIL; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 47949103217     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2008.00838.x     Document Type: Article

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