Changes in circulating steroids with aging in postmenopausal women

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 1981, Pages 624-628

  Meldrum, David R ^a   Davidson, Bert J ^a   Tataryn, Ivanna V ^a   Judd, Howard L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTRONE; STEROID HORMONE;

BLOOD AND HEMOPOIETIC SYSTEM; BLOOD LEVEL; DIAGNOSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; NORMAL VALUE; POSTMENOPAUSE;

17-HYDROXYCORTICOSTEROIDS; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANDROGENS; BODY WEIGHT; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HORMONES; HUMAN; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGE; PROGESTATIONAL HORMONES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0019512625     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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