How Changing Methods Affect our Understanding of Female Sexual Function and Dysfunction

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2299-2300

  Dennerstein, Lorraine ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR CHANGE; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EDITORIAL; FEMALE; FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL FUNCTION; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING;

EID: 77955131543     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2010.01894.x     Document Type: Editorial

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