More than half of the men in a Swedish population of men aged 55, 65 and 75 believe in "a male climacteric"

Aging Male

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 16-20

  Spetz Holm, Anna Clara ^a   Fredrikson, Mats G ^b  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

andrology; climacteric; Men; questionnaires

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; AMNESIA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BONE FRAGILITY; CLIMACTERIUM; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSTHYMIA; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HEADACHE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEART INFARCTION; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOGONADISM; LATE ONSET HYPOGONADISM; LIBIDO DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SWEDEN;

AGED; AGING; ANDROPAUSE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; HYPOGONADISM; MALE; MEN'S HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SWEDEN;

EID: 79751492275     PISSN: 13685538     EISSN: 14730790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13685538.2010.518177     Document Type: Article

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