Relationship of chronic endurance exercise to the somatotropic and sex hormone status of older men

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 138, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 517-523

  Cooper, Carolyn S ^a,b   Taaffe, Dennis R ^a,b   Guido, David ^a   Packer, Elizabeth ^a   Holloway, Leah ^a   Marcus, Robert ^a,b  

^a VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; EXERCISE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED; BODY COMPOSITION; BONE DENSITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLES; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031839029     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/eje.0.1380517     Document Type: Article

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