Age-related patterns of body composition and salivary testosterone among Ariaal men of Northern Kenya

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 470-476

  Campbell, Benjamin C ^a   Gray, Peter B ^b   Ellison, Peter T ^c  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Body composition; Male; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AFRICA; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; ENERGY BALANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; SALIVA LEVEL; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ADULT; AGING; BODY COMPOSITION; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SALIVA; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 33847626654     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03324846     Document Type: Article

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