Body image and female sexual functioning and behavior: A review

Journal of Sex Research

Volumn 49, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 184-211

  Woertman, Liesbeth ^a   Van Den Brink, Femke ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY IMAGE; FEMALE; HUMAN; REVIEW; SEXUALITY;

BODY IMAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; SEXUALITY;

EID: 84859180443     PISSN: 00224499     EISSN: 15598519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224499.2012.658586     Document Type: Review

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