The Perimenopause and Sexual Functioning

Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics of North America

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 587-594

  Avis, Nancy E ^a   Green, Robin ^b  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Perimenopause; Sexual functioning

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL;

AGING; CLIMACTERIUM; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DYSPAREUNIA; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; LIBIDO DISORDER; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; SMOKING; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; VAGINA PAIN; VAGINAL DRYNESS; VASOMOTOR DISORDER; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIBIDO; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PERIMENOPAUSE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 80053219929     PISSN: 08898545     EISSN: 15580474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ogc.2011.05.009     Document Type: Review

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