The female sexual response cycle: Do Malaysian women conform to the circular model?

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2359-2366

  Sidi, Hatta ^a   Naing, Lin ^b   Midin, Marhani ^a   Nik Jaafar, Nik Ruzyanei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA MEDICAL CENTER   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI BRUNEI DARUSSALAM   (Brunei Darussalam)

Author keywords

Circular model; Female sexual response; Malaysian women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DYSPAREUNIA; FEMALE; FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; ORGASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 53549088024     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2007.00653.x     Document Type: Article

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