A Survey of Obesity and Erectile Dysfunction of Men Conscripted into the Military in Taiwan

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1156-1163

  Chao, Jian Kang ^a,b   Hwang, Thomas I Sheng ^c,g   Ma, Mi Chia ^d   Kuo, Wu Hsien ^e   Liu, Jiang Hwa ^a   Chen, Yu Ping ^f   Lin, Yen Chin ^b  

^a YULI VETERANS HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b SHU TE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Shin Kong Memorial Hospital   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e HUALIEN ARMED FORCES GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^f Chung Hwa University of Medicine Technology   (Taiwan)

^g FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

BMI; Erectile Dysfunction; IIEF 5; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DEMOGRAPHY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL INDEX OF ERECTILE FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILITARY SERVICE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR SCALE; SEXUAL DESIRE INVENTORY; SEXUAL FUNCTION; TAIWAN; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 79953303611     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2010.02181.x     Document Type: Article

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