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Smoking, obesity, and sedentary lifestyle linked to erectile dysfunction

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boxed-textBacon CG et al. (2006) A prospective study of risk factors for erectile dysfunction. J Urol 176: 217–221

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  1. JM Greenfield is a Clinical Fellow in Andrology in the Division of Urology at Duke University Medical Center, and CF Donatucci is an Associate Professor and Vice Chair in the Department of Surgery, and a member of the Division of Urology, at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, NC, USA.,

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Greenfield, J., Donatucci, C. Smoking, obesity, and sedentary lifestyle linked to erectile dysfunction. Nat Rev Urol 4, 16–17 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpuro0652

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