Predictors of South African male testosterone levels: The THUSA study

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 123-132

  Gray, Peter B ^a,c   Kruger, A ^b   Huisman, H W ^b   Wissing, M P ^b   Vorster, H H ^b  

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

^b NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; SOUTH AFRICA; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; URBANIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOUTH AFRICA; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 31344453540     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20471     Document Type: Article

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