Sexual difficulties and help-seeking among mature adults in Australia: Results from the Global Study of Sexual Attitudes and Behaviours

Sexual Health

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 227-234

  Moreira Jr , Edson D ^a   Glasser, Dale B ^b   King, Rosie ^c   Duarte, Fernanda Gross ^a   Gingell, Clive ^d  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b PFIZER INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Health surveys; Impotence; Prevalence; Sex; Sexual disorders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EJACULATION; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LUBRICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; ORGASM; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENESCENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; TELEPHONE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 49449099992     PISSN: 14485028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SH07055     Document Type: Article

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