Androgens shorten the longevity of women: Sopranos last longer

Experimental and Clinical Endocrinology and Diabetes

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 230-231

  Nieschlag, E ^a,b   Kramer, U ^a   Nieschlag, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b Institute of Transfusion Medicine   (Germany)

Author keywords

Longevity; Oestrogens; Singers; Testosterone; Vocal register

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ESTROGEN; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE METABOLISM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; MALE; MUSIC; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; ANDROGENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSIC; VOICE;

EID: 0038265315     PISSN: 09477349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-40468     Document Type: Article

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