The place of female sexual dysfunction in the urological practice: Results of a Dutch survey

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2979-2987

  Bekker, Milou ^a   Beck, Jacky ^b   Putter, Hein ^a   van Driel, Mels ^c   Pelger, Rob ^a   Lycklama à Nijeholt, August ^a   Elzevier, Henk ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b HAGA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Female sexual dysfunction; Female sexual function; Practices survey; Urology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCONTINENCE; LOWER ABDOMINAL PAIN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORBIDITY; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SEXUAL FUNCTION; URINARY FREQUENCY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINARY URGENCY; UROLOGY;

EID: 70649083410     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2009.01460.x     Document Type: Article

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