Body Mass Index, Stunkard Figure Rating Scale, and Sexuality in Young Italian Women: A Pilot Study

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1034-1043

  Morotti, Elena ^a   Battaglia, Bruno ^a   Paradisi, Roberto ^a   Persico, Nicola ^b   Zampieri, Marina ^a   Venturoli, Stefano ^a   Battaglia, Cesare ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

BMI; Body Image; Clitoris; Female Sexual Behavior; Obesity; Stunkard Figure Rating Scale

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANORGASMIA; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OBESITY; OPHTHALMIC ARTERY; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALITY; STUNKARD FIGURE RATING SCALE;

EID: 84875663603     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jsm.12045     Document Type: Article

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