Timing of pubertal maturation according to the age at first conscious ejaculation

Andrologia

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 163-166

  Tomova, A ^a   Lalabonova, C ^b   Robeva, R N ^a   Kumanov, P T ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF PLOVDIV   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Ejaculation; Pubertal development

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BULGARIA; CHILD; CONSCIOUS EJACULATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EJACULATION; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DEVELOPMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT; PUBERTY; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL MATURATION; TESTIS SIZE; TREND STUDY; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BULGARIA; CHILD; EJACULATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PUBERTY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUAL MATURATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 79955840959     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: 14390272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0272.2009.01037.x     Document Type: Article

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