Sexual problems and help-seeking behaviour in adults in the United Kingdom and continental Europe

BJU International

Volumn 101, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1005-1011

  Moreira, Edson D ^a   Glasser, Dale B ^b   Nicolosi, Alfredo ^c   Duarte, Fernanda G ^a   Gingell, Clive ^d  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b PFIZER INC   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES   (Italy)

^d SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Health surveys; Prevalence; Sex; Sexual disorders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREMATURE EJACULATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COHORT STUDIES; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 41049101656     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2008.07453.x     Document Type: Article

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