The components of optimal sexuality: A portrait of "great sex"

Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality

Volumn 18, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 1-13

  Kleinplatz, Peggy J ^a,b   Ménard, A Dana ^a   Paquet, Marie Pierre ^a   Paradis, Nicolas ^a   Campbell, Meghan ^b   Zuccarino, Dino ^a   Mehak, Lisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTENT ANALYSIS; EROTISM; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTIMACY; LIBIDO; MALE; OPTIMAL SEXUALITY; ORGASM; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; PHYSICIAN; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SEX; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; SEXUALITY;

EID: 67651251293     PISSN: 11884517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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