Sexual initiative and intercourse behavior during pregnancy among brazilian women: A retrospective study

Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 124-136

  Sacomori, Cinara ^a   Cardoso, Fernando Luiz ^a  

^a SANTA CATARINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BRAZIL; COITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LIBIDO; MALE; ORGASM; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BRAZIL; COITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LIBIDO; MALE; ORGASM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77249084335     PISSN: 0092623X     EISSN: 15210715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00926230903554503     Document Type: Article

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