Assessment of sexual health in aging men in Europe: Development and validation of the European male ageing study sexual function questionnaire

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1374-1385

  O'Connor, Daryl B ^a   Corona, Giovanni ^b   Forti, Gianni ^b,k   Tajar, Abdelouahid ^c,k   Pye, Stephen ^k   Finn, Joseph D ^c   Bartfai, Gyorgy ^d,k   Boonen, Steven ^e,k   Casanueva, Felipe F ^f,k   Giwercman, Aleksander ^g,k   Huhtaniemi, Ilpo T ^h,k   Kula, Krzysztof ^i,k   O'Neill, Terence W ^c,k   Pendleton, Neil ^c   Punab, Margus ^j,k   Silman, Alan J ^c   Vanderschueren, Dirk ^e,k   Wu, Frederick C W ^c,k   Petrone, Luisa ^k   Cilotti, Antonio ^k   Lean, Mike ^k   Han, Thang ^k   Borghs, Herman ^k   Slowikowska Hilczer, Jolanta ^k   Walczak Jedrzejowska, Renata ^k   Steer, Philip ^k   Ocampo, Marta ^k   Lage, Mary ^k   Földesi, Imre ^k   Fejes, Imre ^k   Korrovitz, Paul ^k   Jiang, Min ^k   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^g LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^h IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^j TARTU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Estonia)

^k Tartu University Hospital ^*

more..

Author keywords

Aging; Male sexual function; Middle aged and elderly men; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EUROPEAN MALE AGEING STUDY SEXUAL FUNCTION QUESTIONNAIRE; HEALTH STATUS; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INTERNAL VALIDITY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUALITY; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 44949192881     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2008.00781.x     Document Type: Article

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