The acute effects of androstenedione supplementation in healthy young males

Canadian Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 68-78

  Ballantyne, Craig S ^b   Phillips, Stuart M ^b   MacDonald, Jay R ^b   Tarnopolsky, Mark A ^b   MacDougall, J Duncan ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Estradiol; Fluid shifts; Luteinizing hormone; Resistance exercise; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTENEDIONE; ESTRADIOL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EXERCISE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REFERENCE VALUE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANDROSTENEDIONE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ESTRADIOL; EXERCISE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0034134172     PISSN: 10667814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/h00-005     Document Type: Article

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