Female sexual arousal disorder with and without a distress criterion: Prevalence and correlates in a representative Czech sample

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3385-3394

  Weiss, Petr ^a   Brody, Stuart ^b  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attention; Epidemiology; Female Sexual Arousal Disorder; Masturbation; Sexual intercourse; Vaginal Orgasm

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ANUS INTERCOURSE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CZECH REPUBLIC; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; FEMALE SEXUAL AROUSAL DISORDER; FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTURBATION; ORGASM; PAIN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; AGED; COITUS; DEPRESSION; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSEXUAL DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTENTION; COITUS; CZECH REPUBLIC; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASTURBATION; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75649137148     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2009.01498.x     Document Type: Article

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