Sexual Dysfunction in Male Iraq and Afghanistan War Veterans: Association with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Other Combat-Related Mental Health Disorders: A Population-Based Cohort Study

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 75-83

  Breyer, Benjamin N ^a   Cohen, Beth E ^a,b,c   Bertenthal, Daniel ^c   Rosen, Raymond C ^a,d   Neylan, Thomas C ^b,d   Seal, Karen H ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NEW ENGLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

Author keywords

Combat; Military Service; Posttraumatic Stress Disorder; Sexual Dysfunction

Indexed keywords

PROSTAGLANDIN E1; SILDENAFIL; VARDENAFIL;

ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPOACTIVE SEXUAL DESIRE DISORDER; IRAQ; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY SERVICE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREMATURE EJACULATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSEXUAL DISORDER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; VETERAN; YOUNG ADULT;

COMBAT; MILITARY SERVICE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; COMBAT DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003-2011; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; VETERANS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892669870     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jsm.12201     Document Type: Article

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