Moderate and severe erectile dysfunction equally affects life satisfaction

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 442-449

  Mallis, Dimitrios ^a   Moisidis, Kyriakos ^a,b   Kirana, Paraskevi Sofia ^a   Papaharitou, Stamatis ^a   Simos, Gregorios ^a   Hatzichristou, Dimitrios ^b,c  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b PAPAGEORGIOU GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c Aristotle University 2nd Psychiatric Clinic ^*  (Greece)

Author keywords

Erectile dysfunction; Life satisfaction; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATION; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; LEISURE; LIFE SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATION; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 33645972637     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2005.00173.x     Document Type: Article

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