Testosterone and men's depression: The role of social behavior

Journal of Health and Social Behavior

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 130-140

  Booth, Alan ^b   Johnson, David R ^a   Granger, Douglas A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BLOOD; DEPRESSION; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; DEPRESSION; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MALE; MEN; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK-TAKING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TESTOSTERONE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033143406     PISSN: 00221465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2676369     Document Type: Article

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