Aging respectably by rejecting medicalization: Mexican men's reasons for not using erectile dysfunction drugs

Medical Anthropology Quarterly

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 3-22

  Wentzell, Emily ^a  

^a E11 SSH   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Erectile dysfunction; Masculinity; Mexico; Sexuality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877918956     PISSN: 07455194     EISSN: 15481387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/maq.12013     Document Type: Article

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