Assessment of Introital Lubrication

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1527-1535

  Dawson, Samantha J ^a   Sawatsky, Megan L ^b   Lalumière, Martin L ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Genital responses; Lubrication; Self reported sexual arousal; Vaginal photoplethysmography; Vaginal vasocongestion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; COITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIBIDO; PHOTOELECTRIC PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEBUM; SECRETION (PROCESS); SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UTERINE CERVIX MUCUS; VAGINA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; CERVIX MUCUS; COITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIBIDO; PHOTOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY; SEBUM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VAGINA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84938288372     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-015-0519-z     Document Type: Article

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