Sexuality and obesity, a gender perspective: Results from French national random probability survey of sexual behaviours

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 341, Issue 7763, 2010, Pages 84-

  Bajos, Nathalie ^a,b,c,d   Wellings, Kaye ^d   Laborde, Caroline ^a,b,c   Moreau, Caroline ^a,b,c  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^c INSTITUT NATIONAL D'ÉTUDES DÉMOGRAPHIQUES   (France)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTRACEPTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; SEXUALITY; ADOLESCENT; AGED; COITUS; INDUCED ABORTION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSEXUAL DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; STATISTICS; UNWANTED PREGNANCY;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; COITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, UNWANTED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954494777     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.c2573     Document Type: Article

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