Effect of Ramadan fasting on secretion of sex hormones in healthy single males

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 5-6, 2005, Pages 1120-1123

  Mesbahzadeh, B ^a   Ghiravani, Z ^a   Mehrjoofard, H ^a  

^a BIRJAND UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RELIGION; RITUAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FASTING; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMANS; IRAN; ISLAM; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; TESTOSTERONE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33744803455     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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