Are sexual problems more common in women who have had a tubal ligation? A population-based study of Australian women

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 463-468

  Smith, A ^a   Lyons, A ^a   Ferris, J ^a   Richters, J ^b   Pitts, M ^a   Shelley, J ^c  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Relationship satisfaction; Sexual problems; Sexual satisfaction; Tubal ligation; Women

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CITY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; FEMALE STERILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORGASM DISORDER; PAIN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; UTERINE TUBE LIGATION; VAGINAL DRYNESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STERILIZATION, TUBAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76349122955     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2009.02469.x     Document Type: Article

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