Clinical and Biopsychosocial Determinants of Sexual Dysfunction in Middle-Aged and Older Australian Men

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2093-2103

  Martin, Sean ^a,b   Atlantis, Evan ^a,b   Wilson, David ^a   Lange, Kylie ^b   Haren, Matthew T ^a,c   Taylor, Anne ^b   Wittert, Gary ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Decreased; Epidemiology; Erectile Dysfunction; Libido; Physiopathology

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSOMNIA; INTERNATIONAL INDEX OF ERECTILE FUNCTION; LOWER URINARY TRACT SYMPTOM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICTURITION; MIGRATION; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PENIS ERECTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DESIRE INVENTORY 2; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 84864521366     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2012.02805.x     Document Type: Article

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