Sexual activity, erectile dysfunction and their correlates among 1,566 older Chinese men in Southern China

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 74-80

  Wong, Samuel Yeung Shan ^a,b   Leung, Jason Chi Shun ^a   Woo, Jean ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Asian Continental Ancestry Group; Depression; Erectile Dysfunction; Hong Kong; Sexual Behavior

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHINESE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL PROSTATE SYMPTOM SCORE; LIFESTYLE; LOWER URINARY TRACT SYMPTOM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUALITY;

EID: 58149494640     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2008.01034.x     Document Type: Article

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