Sexual satisfaction in the seventh decade of life

Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 439-454

  DeLamater, John ^a   Hyde, Janet S ^a   Fong, Mei Chia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MARRIAGE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; SEXUALITY;

AGED; AGING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; SEXUAL ABSTINENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WISCONSIN;

EID: 51049115134     PISSN: 0092623X     EISSN: 15210715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00926230802156251     Document Type: Article

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