Men's Health in Africa. Part 1: Reproductive urogenital diseases and human immunodeficiency virus infection

Journal of Men's Health

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 66-72

  Heyns, C F ^a   Bornman, M S ^b  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b STEVE BIKO ACADEMIC HOSPITAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Africa; HIV infection; Infertility; Men's health; Reproductive disease; Urogenital disease

Indexed keywords

PAPAVERINE; PROSTAGLANDIN E1; SILDENAFIL;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA; AGING; ATTITUDE; CIRCUMCISION; CLINICAL FEATURE; EPIDEMIC; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FAMILY PLANNING; FILARIASIS; FOURNIER GANGRENE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM DISEASE; MALE INFERTILITY; MEN'S HEALTH; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POLYGAMY; PRIAPISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RITUAL; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SURVIVAL; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; URETHRA STRICTURE; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE; UROGENITAL TUBERCULOSIS; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 40149090665     PISSN: 18756867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jomh.2007.12.001     Document Type: Review

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