Harmonized Italian version of the Aging Males' Symptoms scale

Aging Male

Volumn 8, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 180-183

  Valenti, G ^a   Gontero, P ^b   Sacco M ^a   Fontana, F ^b   Strollo, F ^c   Castellucci, A ^d   Heinemann, L A J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

^c Unità Endocrina   (Italy)

^d Schering Plough SpA   (Italy)

^e Berlin Center for Epidemiology and Health Research   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aging males' symptoms; AMS; Consensus on Italian version; Quality of life; Questionnaires

Indexed keywords

AGING; AGING MALE SYMPTOMS SCALE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONSENSUS; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMAN; ITALY; LANGUAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCREENING TEST;

AGED; AGING; ANDROGENS; CONSENSUS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 30344456689     PISSN: 13685538     EISSN: 14730790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13685530500283461     Document Type: Article

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