Men in Australia Telephone Survey (MATeS): Predictors of men's help-seeking behaviour for reproductive health disorders

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 185, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 418-422

  Holden, Carol A ^a   Jolley, Damien J ^a   McLachlan, Robert I ^b   Pitts, Marian ^c   Cumming, Robert ^d   Wittert, Gary ^e   Handelsman, David J ^f   de Kretser, David M ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b HUDSON INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIVORCE; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEN'S HEALTH; PREDICTION; PROSTATE DISEASE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TELECONSULTATION; TELEPHONE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMANS; IMPOTENCE; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATIC DISEASES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 33750154640     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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