Sexual function and aging in racially and ethnically diverse women

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1362-1368

  Huang, Alison J ^a,b,c   Subak, Leslee L ^b,c   Thom, David H ^b   Van Den Eeden, Stephen K ^d   Ragins, Arona I ^d   Kuppermann, Miriam ^b,c   Shen, Hui ^b,e   Brown, Jeanette S ^b,c  

^a University of California at San Francisco ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^e SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Female sexual function; Race ethnicity; Sexual activity

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ASIAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; SEXUALITY;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ASIAN AMERICANS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LIBIDO; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 68149154666     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02353.x     Document Type: Article

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