Reliability and validity of serum sex hormone measurements

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 923-928

  McShane, Lisa M ^a   Dorgan, Joanne F ^a   Greenhut, Susan ^b   Damato, James J ^b  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b McKesson BioServices   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANOLONE; ANDROSTENEDIONE; ESTRADIOL; ESTRONE; ESTRONE SULFATE; PRASTERONE SULFATE; PROGESTERONE; SEX HORMONE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LABORATORY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RELIABILITY; SEX HORMONE DETERMINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHILD; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; MALE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0029800710     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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