An Internet Survey of Demographic and Health Factors Associated with Risk of Sexual Dysfunction in Women Who Have Sex with Women

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1261-1271

  Shindel, Alan W ^a   Rowen, Tami S ^b   Lin, Tzu Chun ^a   Li, Chin Shang ^a   Robertson, Patricia A ^b   Breyer, Benjamin N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bisexual; Female sexual dysfunction; Gay women; Homosexual; Lesbian; Women who have sex with women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMALE SEXUAL FUNCTION INDEX; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNET; LESBIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVERACTIVE BLADDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL HEALTH;

EID: 84862783312     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2012.02659.x     Document Type: Article

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