Sexual desire, erection, orgasm and ejaculatory functions and their importance to elderly Swedish men: A population-based study

Age and Ageing

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 285-291

  Helgason, Ásgeir R ^a,d,e   Adolfsson, Jan ^a   Dickman, Paul ^a,f   Arver, Stefan ^a   Fredrikson, Mats ^b   Göthberg, Marianne ^c   Steineck, Gunnar ^a,d  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Swed Assoc for Sexual Education   (Sweden)

^d Department of Cancer Epidemiology ^*

^e ICELANDIC CANCER SOCIETY   (Iceland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Distress; Elderly men; Sexual function

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; EJACULATION; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORGASM; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SWEDEN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EJACULATION; HUMANS; LIBIDO; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGASM; SAMPLING STUDIES; SWEDEN;

EID: 0030056011     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/25.4.285     Document Type: Article

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