Incidence of sexual dysfunction: A prospective survey in Ghanaian females

Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

Volumn 8, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Amidu, Nafiu ^a   Owiredu, William K B A ^a   Woode, Eric ^a   Addai Mensah, Otchere ^a   Quaye, Lawrence ^a   Alhassan, Abass ^a   Tagoe, Edmond A ^a  

^a KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANORGASMIA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO SEXUALITY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; GHANA; HETEROSEXUAL FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; SMOKING HABIT; VAGINISM; WOMEN'S HEALTH; ADOLESCENT; AGED; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOSEXUAL DISORDER; SATISFACTION; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956463914     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7827-8-106     Document Type: Article

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