NIDDK Central Repository - Association between smoking, passive smoking, and erectile dysfunction: results from the Boston Area Community Health (BACH) Survey.

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Publication Information

DOI

10.1016/j.eururo.2007.03.015

PubMed ID

17383811

Public Release Type

Journal

Publication Year

2007

Affiliation

New England Research Institutes, Watertown, MA 02472, USA. vkupelian@neriscience.com

Authors

Kupelian V, Link CL, McKinlay JB

Studies

BACH

Citation

Kupelian V, Link CL, McKinlay JB. Association between smoking, passive smoking, and erectile dysfunction: results from the Boston Area Community Health (BACH) Survey. Eur Urol 2007 Aug;52(2):416-22. Epub 2007 Mar 16.

Abstract

Although previous studies report an association between erectile dysfunction (ED) and smoking, few have examined the impact of passive smoke exposure on ED. This analysis examines the association of active and passive smoking and ED and investigates a dose-response effect of smoking.