Does the mode of delivery influence sexual function after childbirth?

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1227-1231

  Klein, Katharina ^a   Worda, Christof ^a   Leipold, Heinz ^b   Gruber, Christian ^a   Husslein, Peter ^a   Wenzl, Rene ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b GENERAL HOSPITAL KLAGENFURT   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPAREUNIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; ORGASM; PRIMIPARA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; SEXUALITY; VAGINA SECRETION; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADULT; AUSTRIA; CESAREAN SECTION; COITUS; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; DYSPAREUNIA; EPISIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL PARTNERS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349219770     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2008.1198     Document Type: Article

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