Determinants of sexual satisfaction in a sample of German women

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1001-1010

  Philippsohn, Susanne ^a   Hartmann, Uwe ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coitus; Masturbation; Orgasm; Petting; Sexual intercourse; Sexual satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COITUS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTIMACY; MASTURBATION; ORGASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUAL SATISFACTION;

EID: 63849273125     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2008.00989.x     Document Type: Article

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