Flaccid theory and the geographies of sexual health in the age of Viagra™

Health and Place

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 904-911

  Del Casino Jr , Vincent J ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drugs; Sex; Sexual health; Sexuality; Sexuopharmaceuticals

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; KETAMINE; METHAMPHETAMINE; RECREATIONAL DRUG; SILDENAFIL;

DRUG; HEALTH GEOGRAPHY; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; SEXUALITY;

ARTICLE; DRUG USE; ECONOMICS; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; PENIS ERECTION; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL PROBLEM; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 34347238939     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2007.01.003     Document Type: Article

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