Sexual desire among Mexican-American older women: A qualitative study

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 705-719

  Lagana, Lucianà ^a   Maciel, Michelle ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ALLIANT INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Minority ethnic groups; Older women; Sexual desire; Sexual health; USA

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LIBIDO; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSEXUAL DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIBIDO; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 77953947321     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: 14645351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691058.2010.482673     Document Type: Article

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