Young Swedish women's experience of pain and discomfort during sexual intercourse

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 98-103

  Elmerstig, Eva ^a   Wijma, Barbro ^a   Swahnberg, Katarina ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Coital debut; Coital pain; Sexual intercourse

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COITUS; CONSULTATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPAREUNIA; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JUVENILE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SWEDEN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; HOSPITALIZATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; COITUS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DYSPAREUNIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59249103634     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016340802620999     Document Type: Article

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