Dhis and Dhāt: Evidence of semen retention syndrome amongst white Britons

Anthropology and Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 229-239

  Jadhav, Sushrut ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; DYSTHYMIA; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; PHENOMENOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOSEXUAL DISORDER; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; SEMEN RETENTION SYNDROME; SOMATIZATION; SOUTH ASIA; SPERM; SYNDROME; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 36749074466     PISSN: 13648470     EISSN: 14692910     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13648470701772770     Document Type: Article

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