Frequency of sexual activity and prostatic health: Fact or fairy tale?

Urology

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 348-353

  Jacobsen, Steven J ^a   Jacobson, Debra J ^b   Rohe, Daniel E ^b   Girman, Cynthia J ^b   Roberts, Rosebud O ^b   Lieber, Michael M ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EJACULATION; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RISK; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SYMPTOM; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; URINARY TRACT FUNCTION; URINE FLOW RATE;

EID: 0037320899     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(02)02265-3     Document Type: Article

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