Prevalence and sociocultural predictors of sexual dysfunction among Chinese men who have sex with men in Hong Kong

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2766-2779

  Lau, Joseph T F ^a   Kim, Jean H ^a   Tsui, Hi Yi ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chinese; Correlates; Men Who Have Sex with Men; Sexual Dysfunction; Sociocultural

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANUS INTERCOURSE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CULTURAL FACTOR; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; GENITAL PAIN; HEALTH EDUCATION; HONG KONG; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPOACTIVE SEXUAL DESIRE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; ORGASM DISORDER; PREMATURE EJACULATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SAFE SEX; SELF REPORT; SEXISM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 57449089351     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2008.00892.x     Document Type: Article

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