A population-based survey of sexual activity, sexual problems and associated help-seeking behavior patterns in mature adults in the United States of America

International Journal of Impotence Research

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 171-178

  Laumann, E O ^a   Glasser, D B ^b   Neves, R C S ^c   Moreira Jr , E D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b PFIZER INC   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Health surveys; Impotence; Prevalence; Sex; Sexual disorders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EJACULATION; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FEMALE; FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; IMPOTENCE; LUBRICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES; AGE; ATTITUDE; FAMILY RELATION; HEALTH STATUS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSEXUAL DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE; DATA COLLECTION; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67649213931     PISSN: 09559930     EISSN: 14765489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ijir.2009.7     Document Type: Article

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