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The Prevalence of Sexual Problems in Women: How Valid Are Comparisons Across Studies? Commentary on Bancroft, Loftus, and Long's (2003) “Distress About Sex: A National Survey of Women in Heterosexual Relationships”

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  1. Department of Psychiatry, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School—UMDNJ, Piscataway, New Jersey

    Raymond C. Rosen

  2. Ogburn Stouffer Center for Population and Social Organization, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

    Edward O. Laumann

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Rosen, R.C., Laumann, E.O. The Prevalence of Sexual Problems in Women: How Valid Are Comparisons Across Studies? Commentary on Bancroft, Loftus, and Long's (2003) “Distress About Sex: A National Survey of Women in Heterosexual Relationships”. Arch Sex Behav 32, 209–211 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1023405415831

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