Recreational use of erectile dysfunction medications in undergraduate men in the United States: Characteristics and associated risk factors

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 597-606

  Harte, Christopher B ^a   Meston, Cindy M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug abuse; Erectile dysfunction medication; Sexual behavior; Sexual risk; Sildenafil

Indexed keywords

CARBOLINE DERIVATIVE; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; PIPERAZINE DERIVATIVE; PURINE DERIVATIVE; SILDENAFIL; SULFONE; TADALAFIL; TRIAZINE DERIVATIVE; VARDENAFIL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; STATISTICS; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CARBOLINES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; IMIDAZOLES; MALE; PIPERAZINES; PURINES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; STUDENTS; SULFONES; TRIAZINES;

EID: 79958743002     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-010-9619-y     Document Type: Article

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