Editorial: Time for (More Research on) Testosterone

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 501-502

  Barrett Connor, Elizabeth ^a   Bhasin, Shalender ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CHARLES R DREW UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINASTERIDE; TESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE ENANTATE; ANDROGEN;

BONE DENSITY; EDITORIAL; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ERYTHROCYTOSIS; HIP; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BLOOD; DRUG EFFECT; MALE; METABOLISM; NOTE;

ANDROGENS; BONE DENSITY; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; MALE; SPINE; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 1442352336     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2003-032160     Document Type: Editorial

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