The Relationship Between Varicoceles and Obesity

Journal of Urology

Volumn 176, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 2138-2140

  Handel, LiAnn N ^a   Shetty, Rashmi ^a   Sigman, Mark ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

body mass index; obesity; varicocele

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STUDENT T TEST; VARICOCELE;

BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; VARICOCELE;

EID: 33750291316     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2006.07.023     Document Type: Article

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