Impact of nonorganic erectile dysfunction on spouses: A study from India

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 3666-3674

  Avasthi, Ajit ^a   Grover, Sandeep ^a   Kaur, Rajinder ^a   Prakash, Om ^b   Kulhara, P ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b INSTITUTE OF HUMAN BEHAVIOUR AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Erectile Dysfunction; Female Partners of Men with Erectile Dysfunction; Marital Satisfaction; Partner; Quality of Life; Sexual Satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSEXUAL DISORDER; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; SEXUALITY;

EID: 78049460842     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2009.01647.x     Document Type: Article

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