The endocrine system - An overview

Alcohol Research and Health

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 153-164

  Hiller Sturmhöfel, Susanne ^b   Bartke, Andrzej ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Biochemical mechanism; Biological feedback; Biological regulation; Endocrine function; Gonad function; Hormones; Hypothalamus; Hypothalamus pituitary axis; Pancreas; Parathyroid; Pituitary gland; Pituitary adrenal axis; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; HORMONE;

BIOSYNTHESIS; ENDOCRINE GLAND; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SECRETION;

ENDOCRINE GLANDS; ETHANOL; HORMONES; HUMANS;

EID: 0043088718     PISSN: 0090838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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