Prevalence and determinants of erectile dysfunction in Santos, southeastern Brazil

Sao Paulo Medical Journal

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 49-54

  Moreira Jr , Edson Duarte ^a,b,f   Bestane, Walter Jorge ^a,c   Bartolo, Elaine Bestane ^a,d   Saraiva Fittipaldi, João Antônio ^a,e  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL SÃO RAFAEL   (Brazil)

^c Bestane Urology Clinic   (Brazil)

^d Lusiada Foundation   (Brazil)

^e PFIZER INC   (United States)

^f NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Erectile dysfunction; Impotence; Prevalence; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; AGE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HOSPITALIZATION; IMPOTENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; IMPOTENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0037034499     PISSN: 15163180     EISSN: 15163180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1516-31802002000200005     Document Type: Article

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