Penile size and somatometric parameters among Iranian normal adult men

International Journal of Impotence Research

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 303-309

  Mehraban, D ^a   Salehi, M ^a   Zayeri, F ^b  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHED UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Adult men; Generalized estimating equations; Penile size; Regression analysis; Somatometric parameters

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FINGER; HUMAN; INDEX FINGER; IRAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; ORGAN SIZE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PENILE SIZE; PENIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY WEIGHT; COUNSELING; FINGERS; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PENIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOMATOTYPES; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 34247854945     PISSN: 09559930     EISSN: 14765489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijir.3901532     Document Type: Article

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