Measuring self-reported sexual function in men with prostate cancer

Urology

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 596-606

  Brucker, Penny S ^a   Cella, David ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; BLADDER FUNCTION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; IMPOTENCE; INTESTINE FUNCTION; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0141449287     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(03)00514-4     Document Type: Review

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