Cardiovascular risk among men seeking help for erectile dysfunction

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 85-90

  Frantzen, J ^a,b   Speel, T G W ^a   Kiemeney, L A ^a   Meuleman, E J H ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular Disease; Erectile Dysfunction; Prevention; Sildenafil

Indexed keywords

SILDENAFIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMANS; IMPOTENCE; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PIPERAZINES; PREVALENCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PURINES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SULFONES; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 32044452724     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2005.06.047     Document Type: Article

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