Epidemiology of sexual dysfunction in Asia compared to the rest of the world

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 152-158

  Lewis, Ronald W ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

descriptive epidemiology; male and female dysfunction; male ED; premature ejaculation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ASIA; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; LIBIDO DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; ORGASM DISORDER; PREMATURE EJACULATION; PREVALENCE; REVIEW;

ASIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 78650983991     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: 17457262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/aja.2010.108     Document Type: Review

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