Impact of rape on female sexuality: Review of selected literature

Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 702-711

  Weaver, Terri L ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Female sexuality; Rape; Sexual health

Indexed keywords

DYSPAREUNIA; ENDOMETRIOSIS; HUMAN; MENSTRUAL IRREGULARITY; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RAPE; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; RAPE; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SEXUALITY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 70449507847     PISSN: 00099201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GRF.0b013e3181bf4bfb     Document Type: Review

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