Contraceptive sex acceptability: A commentary, synopsis and agenda for future research

Contraception

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 4-10

  Higgins, Jenny A ^a   Davis, Anne R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

CONTRACEPTION; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE STERILIZATION; HUMAN; MALE STERILIZATION; MENSTRUATION; NOTE; ORGASM; PREGNANCY; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; VAGINA BLEEDING; WEIGHT GAIN; CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; FEMALE; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY;

CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS; CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEXUALITY;

EID: 84901777295     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: 18790518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.contraception.2014.02.029     Document Type: Note

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