The Nigerian Aging Males' Symptoms scale. Experience in elderly males

Aging Male

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 89-93

  Akinyemi, Akanni ^a   Bamiwuye, Olusina ^a   Inathaniel, Thomas ^b   Ijadunola, Kayode ^a   Fatusi, Adesegun ^a  

^a OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b MARYWOOD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging Males Symptoms; AMS; Nigeria; Quality of life; Questionnaires; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANXIETY; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; LIBIDO DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NERVOUSNESS; NIGERIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SLEEP DISORDER; SWEATING; VALIDITY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 45849106556     PISSN: 13685538     EISSN: 14730790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13685530802169871     Document Type: Article

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