The issue of infertility and sexual function in Turkish women

Sexuality and Disability

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 71-79

  Oskay, Umran Yesiltepe ^a   Beji, Nezihe Kizilkaya ^a   Serdaroglu, Hasan ^b  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Female sexual function index; Infertility; Sexuality; Turkey; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORGASM; PREVALENCE; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; TREATMENT DURATION; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

EID: 77954478344     PISSN: 01461044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11195-010-9158-4     Document Type: Article

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