Sexual function and depressive symptoms among male North American medical students

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 3909-3917

  Smith, James F ^a   Breyer, Benjamin N ^a   Eisenberg, Michael L ^a   Sharlip, Ira D ^a   Shindel, Alan W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Epidemiology; Erectile Dysfunction; Medical Students; Premature Ejaculation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES DEPRESSION SCALE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; MENTAL STRESS; NORTH AMERICA; PREMATURE EJACULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL STATUS; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; UROLOGIC EXAMINATION;

EID: 78649852496     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2010.02033.x     Document Type: Article

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