Physician attitudes to the concept of 'men's health' in Asia

Journal of Men's Health

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 48-55

  Yates, Marc ^a   Low, Wah Yun ^b   Rosenberg, Daniel ^c  

^a The Research Partnership   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^c ACTELION PHARMACEUTICALS LTD   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cardiology; Endocrinology; Men's health; Physicians; Survey; Urology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASIA; CARDIOLOGY; DISABILITY; ENDOCRINOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KOREA; MALE; MALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEN'S HEALTH; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL HEALTH; SINGAPORE; TAIWAN; UROLOGY;

EID: 40149105989     PISSN: 18756867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jomh.2007.11.003     Document Type: Article

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