Correlates of sexual satisfaction among sexually active postmenopausal women in the Women's Health Initiative-Observational Study.

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Published in J Gen Intern Med on October 07, 2008

Authors

Jennifer S McCall-Hosenfeld1, Sarah A Jaramillo, Claudine Legault, Karen M Freund, Barbara B Cochrane, Joann E Manson, Nanette K Wenger, Charles B Eaton, Beatriz L Rodriguez, S Gene McNeeley, Denise Bonds, Members of Women's Health Initiative-Observational Study

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Public Health Sciences, Division of General Internal Medicine, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA. jsm31@psu.edu

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