The response of the Finnish man to vasectomy

Psychology, Health and Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 355-369

  Ewalds Kvist, S B M ^a   Rantala, M ^b,c   Nikkanen, V ^c   Selander, R K ^d   Lertola, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b AVA KLINIKKA   (Finland)

^c TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BUSS DURKEE HOSTILITY INVENTORY; COITUS; FINLAND; HUMAN; LIKERT SCALE; MALE; MASCULINITY; MEASUREMENT OF MASCULINITY FEMININITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RATING SCALE; SCROTUM DISORDER; SELF ESTEEM; SEXUALITY; SYMPTOM; TAYLOR ANXIETY SCALE; VASECTOMY; WELLBEING;

EID: 0042847358     PISSN: 13548506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1354850031000135795     Document Type: Article

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