Sexual behaviour and diagnosis of people over the age of 50 attending a sexual health clinic

Australasian Journal on Ageing

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 32-36

  Bourne, Chris ^a   Minichiello, Victor ^b  

^a SYDNEY EYE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Sexual behaviour; Sexual health; Sexuality; Sexually transmitted infections

Indexed keywords

EID: 60849091347     PISSN: 14406381     EISSN: 17416612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6612.2008.00336.x     Document Type: Article

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