Relationship between penile size and somatometric parameters in 2276 healthy young men

International Journal of Impotence Research

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 126-129

  Soylemez H ^a   Atar, M ^a   Sancaktutar, A A ^a   Penbegul N ^a   Bozkurt, Y ^a   Onem K ^b  

^a DICLE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Cardiology Clinic   (Turkey)

Author keywords

penile size; somatometric parameters; young men

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NORMAL HUMAN; PENILE CIRCUMFERENCE; PENILE LENGTH; PENILE WEIGHT; PENIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOMETRICS; TURKEY (BIRD);

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; HUMANS; MALE; PENIS; TURKEY;

EID: 84861229985     PISSN: 09559930     EISSN: 14765489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ijir.2011.53     Document Type: Article

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