Prevalence and risk factors for female sexual dysfunction in women attending a medical clinic in south India

Journal of Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 113-120

  Singh, J C ^a   Tharyan, P ^a   Kekre, N S ^a   Singh, G ^a   Gopalakrishnan, G ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Anorgasmia; Dyspareunia; Female sexual dysfunction; Female sexual function index

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; LUBRICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORGASM; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SEXUAL SATISFACTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67651148030     PISSN: 00223859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0022-3859.52842     Document Type: Article

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