Association between Smoking, Passive Smoking, and Erectile Dysfunction: Results from the Boston Area Community Health (BACH) Survey

European Urology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 416-422

  Kupelian, Varant ^a   Link, Carol L ^a   McKinlay, John B ^a  

^a NEW ENGLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Erectile dysfunction; Passive smoking; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; PASSIVE SMOKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RANDOM SAMPLE; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; BOSTON; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HEALTH SURVEYS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; IMPOTENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; URINATION DISORDERS;

EID: 34250743696     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2007.03.015     Document Type: Article

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