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Vancouver

Caycho-Rodríguez T, Vilca LW, Neto F, Peña-Calero BN, Schnettler B, Garcia Cadena CH, et al. Satisfaction with Sex Life Scale: New Psychometric Evidence in a Portuguese Population. ELECTRON J GEN MED. 2021;18(6):em331. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejgm/11318

APA

Caycho-Rodríguez, T., Vilca, L. W., Neto, F., Peña-Calero, B. N., Schnettler, B., Garcia Cadena, C. H., Barboza-Palomino, M., Neto, J., & White, M. (2021). Satisfaction with Sex Life Scale: New Psychometric Evidence in a Portuguese Population. Electronic Journal of General Medicine, 18(6), em331. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejgm/11318

AMA

Caycho-Rodríguez T, Vilca LW, Neto F, et al. Satisfaction with Sex Life Scale: New Psychometric Evidence in a Portuguese Population. ELECTRON J GEN MED. 2021;18(6), em331. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejgm/11318

Chicago

Caycho-Rodríguez, Tomás, Lindsey W. Vilca, Felix Neto, Brian Norman Peña-Calero, Berta Schnettler, Cirilo H. Garcia Cadena, Miguel Barboza-Palomino, Joana Neto, and Michael White. "Satisfaction with Sex Life Scale: New Psychometric Evidence in a Portuguese Population". Electronic Journal of General Medicine 2021 18 no. 6 (2021): em331. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejgm/11318

Harvard

Caycho-Rodríguez, T., Vilca, L. W., Neto, F., Peña-Calero, B. N., Schnettler, B., Garcia Cadena, C. H., . . . White, M. (2021). Satisfaction with Sex Life Scale: New Psychometric Evidence in a Portuguese Population. Electronic Journal of General Medicine, 18(6), em331. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejgm/11318

MLA

Caycho-Rodríguez, Tomás et al. "Satisfaction with Sex Life Scale: New Psychometric Evidence in a Portuguese Population". Electronic Journal of General Medicine, vol. 18, no. 6, 2021, em331. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejgm/11318