Women's sexual functioning and sex life after spinal cord injury

Spinal Cord

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 154-160

  Kreuter, M ^a,b   Taft, C ^a   Siosteen A ^a   Biering Sorensen F ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

compensation; self report; sexuality; Spinal Cord Injury Women Questionnaire SCIWQ

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENMARK; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; ICELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NORWAY; ORGASM; POSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REHABILITATION CARE; SENSATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCANDINAVIA; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78651333123     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: 14765624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sc.2010.51     Document Type: Article

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