Un estudio realizado en Estados Unidos

Sexualidad y salud en los adultos mayores

El propósito de este estudio fue estimar la prevalencia de la actividad, conducta y problemas sexuales en la población de adultos mayores.

Autor/a: Dres. Stacy Tessler Lindau, Philip Schumm, Edward O. Laumann, Wendy Levinson, Colm A. O’Muircheartai

Fuente: http://content.nejm.org/cgi/reprint/357/8/762.pdf

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1. Referencias
2. Desarrollo

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