Regular Intercourse Protects Against Erectile Dysfunction: Tampere Aging Male Urologic Study

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 121, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 592-596

  Koskimäki, Juha ^a   Shiri, Rahman ^b   Tammela, Teuvo ^a   Häkkinen, Jukka ^a   Hakama, Matti ^b   Auvinen, Anssi ^b  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cohort studies; Impotence; Incidence; Sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE;

AGED; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; COITUS; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIODICITY; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 45849140499     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2008.02.042     Document Type: Article

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