The Role of Attention in Sexual Arousal: Implications for Treatment of Sexual Dysfunction

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• Publication year

  2009

• Venue

  Journal of Sex Research

• Publication date

  2009-03-17

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1080/00224490902747230PMID 19308846
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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