Assessing women's sexual arousal in the context of sexual assault history and acute alcohol intoxication

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2112-2119

  Gilmore, Amanda K ^a   Schacht, Rebecca L ^a   George, William H ^a   Otto, Jacqueline M ^a   Davis, Kelly Cue ^a   Heiman, Julia R ^b   Norris, Jeanette ^a   Kajumulo, Kelly F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Child Sexual Abuse; Sexual Arousal; Sexual Assault; Vaginal Photoplethysmography; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FILM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; PHOTOELECTRIC PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL CRIME; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 77953924061     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2010.01786.x     Document Type: Article

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