Is erectile dysfunction really a clinically useful predictor of cardiovascular disease?

Scandinavian Journal of Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 62-65

  Ströberg, Peter ^a   Frick, Erik ^a   Hedelin, Hans ^a  

^a Kärnsjukhuset ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Erectile dysfunction; Myocardial infarction; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE DURATION; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; IMPOTENCE; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 15044345624     PISSN: 00365599     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365590410018783     Document Type: Article

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