Gender impact on the correlation between sexuality and marital relation quality in patients with coronary artery disease

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2100-2106

  Kazemi Saleh, Davoud ^a   Pishgou, Bahram ^a   Farrokhi, Farhat ^a   Assari, Shervin ^a   Fotros, Aryandokht ^a   Naseri, Hassan ^a  

^a BAQIYATALLAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Coronary Artery Disease (CAD); Gender; Marital Adjustment; Sexual Relationship

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DYADIC ADJUSTMENT SCALE; EMOTIONALITY; FEAR; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUALITY;

EID: 51349102284     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2007.00724.x     Document Type: Article

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