Pubic hair and sexuality: A review

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2102-2110

  Ramsey, Sara ^a   Sweeney, Clare ^b   Fraser, Michael ^c   Oades, Gren ^a  

^a SOUTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acomoclitism; Brazilian; Hair Removal

Indexed keywords

ANTIQUITY; ART; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CANCER STAGING; CENSORSHIP; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FOLLICULITIS; GENDER IDENTITY; GROOMING; GROUP A STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION; HAIR; HAIR GROWTH; HUMAN; HYPOTRICHOSIS; INTERNET; LOUSE; MORBIDITY; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBIC HAIR; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SEARCH ENGINE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; SEXUALITY; SKIN CARE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; FEMALE; MALE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SEXUAL MATURATION;

FEMALE; HAIR; HAIR REMOVAL; HUMANS; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL MATURATION; SEXUALITY;

EID: 68349150796     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2009.01307.x     Document Type: Review

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