Physical activity and sexual function in middle-aged women

Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 47-52

  Cabral, Patrícia Uchôa Leitão ^a   Canário, Ana Carla Gomes ^a   Spyrides, Maria Helena Constantino ^a   Uchôa, Severina Alice Da Costa ^a   Júnior, José Eleutério ^b   Giraldo, Paulo Cesar ^c   Gonçalves, Ana Katherine ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Menopause; Middle aged; Physical activity; Sexuality; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BRAZIL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; FEMALE SEXUAL FUNCTION INDEX; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; LUBRICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; ORGASM; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; SMOKING; ANIMAL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUALITY;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SEXUALITY;

EID: 84927170104     PISSN: 01044230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/1806-9282.60.01.011     Document Type: Article

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