Sexual Symptoms in Aging Men Indicate Poor Life Satisfaction and Increased Health Service Consumption

Urology

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1194-1199

  Mäkinen, Juuso I ^a,b   Perheentupa, Antti ^a   Raitakari, Olli T ^a   Koskenvuo, Markku ^a   Pöllänen, Pasi ^a   Mäkinen, Juha ^a   Huhtaniemi, Ilpo ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIBIDO; LIFE SATISFACTION; MALE; MEN'S HEALTH; MORBIDITY; PENIS ERECTION; POTENCY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; AGED; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 37349004094     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2007.08.030     Document Type: Article

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