Androgens and the menopause; a study of 40-60-year-old women

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 577-587

  Bancroft, John ^a,b   Cawood, Elizabeth H H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTENEDIONE; ESTRADIOL; ESTRONE; FOLLITROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PRASTERONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE; PROGESTERONE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADRENAL FUNCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MENOPAUSE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITION; OVARY FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029795995     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.1996.00846.x     Document Type: Article

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