Men's health in South Korea

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 519-525

  Kim, Sae Chul ^a   Kim, Sang Wook ^a   Chung, Yun Jae ^a  

^a Chung Ang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Health; men; South Korea

Indexed keywords

CANCER INCIDENCE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COLORECTAL CANCER; CRYPTORCHISM; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYPOSPADIAS; INDUSTRIALIZATION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFESTYLE; LIVER CANCER; LOWER URINARY TRACT SYMPTOM; LUNG CANCER; MALE; MEN'S HEALTH; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PROSTATE CANCER; REVIEW; SLEEP DISORDER; SOUTH KOREA; STOMACH CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CRYPTORCHIDISM; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; INFERTILITY; MALE; MEN'S HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; UROLOGIC DISEASES;

EID: 79960066211     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: 17457262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/2010.134     Document Type: Review

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