Body mass index but not pulse pressure is associated with lesser penile-vaginal intercourse frequency in healthy young men

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1853-1857

  Brody, Stuart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood Pressure; Body Mass Index; Sexual Intercourse

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; HETEROSEXUAL MALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MASTURBATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; AGE; BLOOD PRESSURE; COITUS; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; STATISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; COITUS; HUMANS; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953593661     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2010.01722.x     Document Type: Article

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