Population variation in age-related decline in made salivary testosterone

Human Reproduction

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 3251-3253

  Ellison, Peter T ^a   Bribiescas, Richard G ^b   Bently, Gillian R ^c   Campbell, Benjamin C ^d   Lipson, Susan F ^a   Panter Brick, Catherine ^e   Hill, Kim ^f  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d Boston University   (United States)

^e DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Ageing; Population variation; Salivary testosterone; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AGE; AGING; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BIOAVAILABILITY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONGO; CULTURAL FACTOR; DATA BASE; ECOLOGY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH; HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LABORATORY; LIFESTYLE; MALE; NEPAL; NORMAL HUMAN; PARAGUAY; POPULATION DIFFERENTIATION; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SALIVA LEVEL; SAMPLE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES; CHEMISTRY; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SALIVA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; CONGO; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPAL; PARAGUAY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SALIVA; TESTOSTERONE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036904415     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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