Knowledge and attitude about andropause among general physicians in Shiraz, Iran 2014

International Journal of Community Based Nursing and Midwifery

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 27-35

  Abootalebi, Maliheh ^a   Kargar, Marzieh ^b   Jahanbin, Iran ^c   Sharifi, Alireza Amin ^d   Sharafi, Zahra ^d  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Andropause; General physicians; Male

Indexed keywords

EID: 85010341061     PISSN: 23222476     EISSN: 23224835     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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