Women's experiences of sexual health when living with Rheumatoid Arthritis - An explorative qualitative study

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 11, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Josefsson, Kristina Areskoug ^a,b   Gard, Gunvor ^a,c  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Varnamo Hospital   (Sweden)

^c LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SEXUAL HEALTH; WOMEN'S HEALTH; COMORBIDITY; HEALTH STATUS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSEXUAL DISORDER; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MIDDLE AGED; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 78049529719     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-11-240     Document Type: Article

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