The global online sexuality survey (GOSS): Erectile dysfunction among Arabic-speaking internet users in the middle east

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2152-2163

  Shaeer, Osama ^a   Shaeer, Kamal ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Arabic; Epidemiology; Erectile Dysfunction; Internet User Survey; Middle East; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHODIESTERASE V INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARAB; ARTICLE; COUNSELING; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMOTIONAL STRESS; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; GLOBAL ONLINE SEXUALITY SURVEY; HEALTH SURVEY; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERNET; LIBIDO DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; ONLINE SYSTEM; PREMATURE EJACULATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEXUALITY; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 79960846561     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2011.02297.x     Document Type: Article

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