Sexual function in Britain: Findings from the third National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles (Natsal-3)

The Lancet

Volumn 382, Issue 9907, 2013, Pages 1817-1829

  Mitchell, Kirstin R ^a   Mercer, Catherine H ^a,c   Ploubidis, George B ^b   Jones, Kyle G ^a,c   Datta, Jessica ^a   Field, Nigel ^a,c   Copas, Andrew J ^a,c   Tanton, Clare ^a,c   Erens, Bob ^a,c   Sonnenberg, Pam ^a,c   Clifton, Soazig ^a,c,d   Macdowall, Wendy ^a   Phelps, Andrew ^d   Johnson, Anne M ^a,c   Wellings, Kaye ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Population Health ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL CENTRE FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY SAMPLE; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUALITY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84888638949     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)62366-1     Document Type: Article

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