Perceptions of female sexual health and sexual dysfunction in a cohort of urban professional women in Abuja, Nigeria

Nigerian Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 80-83

  Aisuodionoe Shadrach, O I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABUJA   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Female sexual dysfunction; Female sexual health; Perceptions; Urban professional women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSEXUAL DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PERCEPTION; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; WOMEN, WORKING;

EID: 84861645552     PISSN: 11193077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1119-3077.94104     Document Type: Article

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