Genetic and environmental risk factors for sexual distress and its association with female sexual dysfunction

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2435-2445

  Burri, A ^a,b   Rahman, Q ^b   Spector, T ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Female sexual dysfunction; genetics; risk factors; sexual distress; twins

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOSEXUAL DISORDER; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; TWINS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, GENETIC; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 80054897631     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291711000493     Document Type: Article

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