Chronic disease and sexuality: A generic conceptual framework

Journal of Sex Research

Volumn 47, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 153-170

  Verschuren, Jesse E A ^a   Enzlin, Paul ^b   Dijkstra, Pieter U ^a,c   Geertzen, Jan H B ^a,c   Dekker, Rienk ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; HYPOGONADISM; MENTAL HEALTH; METHODOLOGY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOSEXUAL DISORDER; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SEXOLOGY; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUALITY; VASCULAR DISEASE;

CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; HYPOGONADISM; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MENTAL HEALTH; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEXOLOGY; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SEXUALITY; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 77952922771     PISSN: 00224499     EISSN: 15598519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224491003658227     Document Type: Article

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