The relationship between depressive symptoms and male erectile dysfunction: Cross-sectional results from the Massachusetts male aging study

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 458-465

  Araujo, Andre B ^a   Durante, Richard ^a   Feldman, Henry A ^a   Goldstein, Irvon ^b   Mckinlay, John B ^a  

^a NEW ENGLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

^b BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Depression; Impotence; Male erectile dysfunction; Men's health; Sexuality

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; HYDROCORTISONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE; PROLACTIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG USE; HEALTH STATUS; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IMPOTENCE; LIFE SATISFACTION; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031879102     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006842-199807000-00011     Document Type: Article

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