Sex and aging

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 357, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 820-822

  Bancroft, John H J ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

AGING; DEPRESSION; EDITORIAL; FERTILITY; HUMAN; INTIMACY; MENOPAUSE; MENTAL HEALTH; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; OVARIECTOMY; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; WELLBEING;

EID: 34548107328     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMe078137     Document Type: Editorial

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