Environmental erectile dysfunction: Can the environment really be hazardous to your erectile health?

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 229-236

  Burnett, Arthur L ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMSONIC ACID; CARBON DISULFIDE; LEAD; ORGANIC SOLVENT; PESTICIDE; STILBENE DERIVATIVE; TOXIN;

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 43449107122     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2164/jandrol.107.004200     Document Type: Review

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