Prevalence of women's sexual desire problems: What criteria do we use?

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1073-1078

  McCabe, Marita P ^a   Goldhammer, Denisa L ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

DSM 5; Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder; Sexual dysfunction; Women

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIBIDO; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WOMEN'S HEALTH; ARTICLE; PSYCHOSEXUAL DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIBIDO; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84882280926     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-013-0107-z     Document Type: Article

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