Effect of ageing on androgen levels in elderly males

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 642-644

  Magoha, G A O ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^b NONE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; HUMAN; PENIS ERECTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED; AGING; ANDROGENS; HUMANS; IMPOTENCE; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0031412775     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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