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Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 319-325

  Goldfarb, Shari B ^a   Abramsohn, Emily ^b   Andersen, Barbara L ^c   Baron, Shirley R ^b,d   Carter, Jeanne ^e   Dickler, Maura ^a,e   Florendo, Judith ^b   Freeman, Leslie ^e   Githens, Katherine ^b   Kushner, David ^f   Makelarski, Jennifer A ^b   Yamada, S Diane ^b   Lindau, Stacy Tessler ^b  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Female sexual health; Field of cancer and female sexuality; Sexuality; Understanding survivorship sexual health concerns

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FEMALE SEXUALITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIENTIST; SEXUALITY;

EID: 84873052089     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jsm.12061     Document Type: Article

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