Andropause: Knowledge and perceptions among the general public and health care professionals

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 12, 2002, Pages

  Anderson, Joy K ^a   Faulkner, Sandy ^a   Cranor, Carole ^b   Briley, Jennifer ^b   Gevirtz, Felicia ^b   Roberts, Susan ^b  

^a Unimed Pharmaceuticals Inc   (United States)

^b Pharmaceutical Product Development   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGED; ANDROPAUSE; ARTICLE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MENOPAUSE; NORMAL HUMAN; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; URINE INCONTINENCE;

EID: 0036904020     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/57.12.M793     Document Type: Article

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