Prevalence and correlates of erectile dysfunction (ED) and treatment seeking for ED in asian men: The asian men's attitudes to life events and sexuality (MALES) study

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1582-1592

  Tan, Hui Meng ^a,b   Low, Wah Yun ^b   Ng, Chirk Jenn ^b   Chen, Kuang Kuo ^c   Sugita, Minoru ^d   Ishii, Nobuhisa ^d   Marumo, Ken ^e   Lee, Sung Won ^f   Fisher, William ^g   Sand, Michael ^h  

^a SUBANG JAYA MEDICAL CENTRE   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^c TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e Ichikawa General Hospital   (Japan)

^f Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^h BAYER PHARMA AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Comorbidities; Erectile dysfunction; Treatment seeking

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHODIESTERASE V INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ATTITUDE TO LIFE; ATTITUDE TO SEXUALITY; CHINA; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIET THERAPY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; JAPAN; KOREA; LIFE EVENT; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; ORAL SEXUAL CONTACT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TAIWAN; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

EID: 35449006713     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2007.00602.x     Document Type: Article

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