Windows of opportunity: A holistic approach to men's health

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 192, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 708-711

  Holden, Carol A ^a   Allan, Carolyn A ^a,b   McLachlan, Robert I ^a,b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b HUDSON INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOLISTIC CARE; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM DISEASE; MALE INFERTILITY; MEN'S HEALTH; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; REVIEW;

EID: 77955622247     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2010.tb03708.x     Document Type: Review

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