Assessment of sexuality among middle-aged women using the female sexual function index

Climacteric

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 213-221

  Chedraui, P ^a   Prez Lpez, F R ^b   San Miguel, G ^a,c   Avila, C ^c  

^a Collaborative Group for Research of the Climacteric in Latin America REDLINC ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^c Hospital Dr Teodoro Maldonado Carbo   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Climacteric; Female Sexual Function Index; Menopause; Sexual Dysfunction; Sexuality

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CLIMACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DYSPAREUNIA; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FEMALE; FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; LUBRICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORGASM; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMATURE EJACULATION; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; SEXUALITY; AGE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECUADOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EJACULATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ECUADOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EJACULATION; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALITY;

EID: 68949103973     PISSN: 13697137     EISSN: 14730804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13697130802607727     Document Type: Article

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