The menstrual cycle and sexual behavior: Relationship to eating, exercise, sleep, and health patterns

Women and Health

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 429-444

  Brown, Susan G ^a   Morrison, Lynn A ^a   Calibuso, Marites J ^a   Christiansen, Tess M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Cortisol; Food cravings and abstinence; Iga; Lesbian

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXERCISE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; LESBIAN; LIBIDO; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SLEEP; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; EXERCISE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HAWAII; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; LIBIDO; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL ABSTINENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SLEEP; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 63849240153     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: 15410331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03630240802575179     Document Type: Article

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