Correlates of sexual functioning in Italian menopausal women

Climacteric

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 447-456

  Sarti, C Donati ^a   Graziottin, A ^b   Mincigrucci, M ^c   Ricci, E ^d   Chiaffarino, F ^d   Bonaca, S ^e   Becorpi, A ^f   Cipriani, S ^d   Parazzini, F ^d  

^a Associazione Ostetrici Ginecologi Ospedalieri Italiani (AOGOI)   (Italy)

^b SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c USL 2   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^e SANTA MARIA DELLA MISERICORDIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

cross sectional study; hormone therapy; Menopause; quality of life; sexual functioning

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; GESTAGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DYSPAREUNIA; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; ITALY; MENOPAUSE; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORGASM; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; SEXUALITY; SHORT FORM 12; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; LIBIDO; LIFE STYLE; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 77955922365     PISSN: 13697137     EISSN: 14730804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13697130903491026     Document Type: Article

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