No relationship between testosterone levels and depressive symptoms in aging men

European Psychiatry

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 411-413

  Kaneda, Yasuhiro ^a,b,c   Fujii, Akira ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^b Fujii Hospital   (Japan)

^c Psychiatric Hospital at Vanderbilt   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Depression; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0036859825     PISSN: 09249338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-9338(02)00694-6     Document Type: Article

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