Male reproductive health disorders among aboriginal and torres strait islander men: A hidden problem?

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 198, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 33-38

  Adams, Michael J ^a   Collins, Veronica R ^b   Dunne, Michael P ^a   de Kretser, David M ^b   Holden, Carol A ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; ETHNIC GROUP; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SURVEY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL INDEX OF ERECTILE FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATE DISEASE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION; SELF REPORT; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SHAME; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTHERN TERRITORY; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROSTATIC DISEASES; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 84874607492     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/mja12.10490     Document Type: Article

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