Androgens and male sexual behavior from mice to men

Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 345-350

  Robbins, Ann ^a  

^a POPULATION COUNCIL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; TESTOSTERONE 4 BUTYLCYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLATE; TESTOSTERONE CIPIONATE; TESTOSTERONE ENANTATE; TESTOSTERONE UNDECANOATE; TRESTOLONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; CLINICAL TRIAL; HORMONAL CONTRACEPTION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOGONADISM; MOTIVATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SHORT SURVEY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0030296743     PISSN: 10432760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1043-2760(96)00163-4     Document Type: Article

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