Sexual dysfunction in men with COPD: Impact on quality of life and survival

Lung

Volumn 190, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 545-556

  Collins, Eileen G ^a,b   Halabi, Sahar ^b   Langston, Mathew ^b,c   Schnell, Timothy ^b,c   Tobin, Martin J ^b,c   Laghi, Franco ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Endocrine; Erectile dysfunction; Outcome; Sexuality; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FOLLOW UP; GONAD FUNCTION; HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; HYPOTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUALITY; SURVIVAL;

AGED; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DYSPNEA; HUMANS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84866729913     PISSN: 03412040     EISSN: 14321750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00408-012-9398-4     Document Type: Article

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