Age and social gradients in the intensity of aging males' symptoms in Poland

Aging Male

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 83-88

  Jankowska, Ewa Anita ^a   Szklarska, Alicja ^a   Lopuszanska, Monika ^a,c   Medras, Marek ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ANTHROPOLOGY   (Poland)

^b WROCLAW MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c NONE   (Poland)

Author keywords

AMS; Male aging; Polish population; Social gradients

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANDROPAUSE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; POLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; ANDROPAUSE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; POLAND; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 45849150075     PISSN: 13685538     EISSN: 14730790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13685530701778020     Document Type: Article

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