Methods used in cross-cultural comparisons of sexual symptoms and their determinants

Maturitas

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 135-140

  Anderson, Debra ^a   Sievert, Lynnette Leidy ^b   Melby, Melissa K ^c,d   Obermeyer, Carla Makhlouf ^e  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND NUTRITION   (Japan)

^e WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cross cultural; Dry vagina; Menopause; Methodology; Sexual symptoms; Symptom reporting

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL FACTOR; DYSPAREUNIA; HUMAN; LIBIDO DISORDER; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENOPAUSE; METHODOLOGY; ORGASM; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VAGINAL DRYNESS;

AGING; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; LIBIDO; MENOPAUSE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SEXUALITY;

EID: 80052562473     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: 18734111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2011.07.013     Document Type: Review

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