The association of sex hormone levels with poor mobility, low muscle strength and incidence of falls among older men and women

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 152-160

  Schaap, Laura A ^a   Pluijm, Saskia M F ^a   Smitt, Jan H ^b   Van Schoor, Natasja M ^a   Visser, Marjolein ^a   Gooren, Louis J G ^a   Lips, Paul ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ALCOHOL; ESTRADIOL; SEX HORMONE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FALLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; ESTRADIOL; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; SEX FACTORS; SEX HORMONE-BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 23244433166     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2005.02315.x     Document Type: Article

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