Testosterone and Prostate Health: Debunking Myths Demands Evidence, Caution, and Good Clinical Judgment

European Urology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 895-897

  Morales, Alvaro ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

CANCER RESEARCH; CARCINOGENESIS; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; UROLOGY;

HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; PREVALENCE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 33749261655     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2006.06.033     Document Type: Editorial

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