Predictors of sex hormone levels among the elderly: A study in Greece

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 837-841

  Hsieh, Chung Cheng ^a   Signorello, Lisa B ^b   Lipworth, Loren ^b   Lagiou, Pagona ^c   Mantzoros, Christos S ^b,d,e   Trichopoulos, Dimitrios ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARVARD CENTER FOR CANCER PREVENTION   (United States)

^c NATIONAL SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Greece)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate; Elderly men; Estradiol; Sex hormone binding globulin; Steroid hormones; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ESTRADIOL; PRASTERONE SULFATE; SEX HORMONE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COFFEE; GREECE; HEIGHT; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE SULFATE; ESTRADIOL; GREECE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; OBESITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX HORMONE-BINDING GLOBULIN; SMOKING; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0032189533     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(98)00069-9     Document Type: Article

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