Relationship between testosterone serum levels and lifestyle in aging men

Aging Male

Volumn 8, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 190-193

  Ponholzer, A ^a   Plas, E ^b   Schatzl, G ^c   Struhal, G ^d   Brossner C ^a   Mock, K ^a   Rauchenwald, M ^a   Madersbacher, S ^a  

^a DANUBE HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^b GENERAL HOSPITAL LINZ   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d Hartmannspital   (Austria)

Author keywords

Aging; Androgen status; BMI; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ESTROGEN; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; NICOTINE; PRASTERONE SULFATE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLEEP; SMOKING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ALCOHOL DRINKING; AUSTRIA; BODY MASS INDEX; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; HYPOGONADISM; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SMOKING; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 30344448551     PISSN: 13685538     EISSN: 14730790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13685530500298154     Document Type: Article

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