Endogenous testosterone levels and smoking in men. The fifth Tromsø study

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 137-143

  Svartberg, Johan ^a   Jorde, Rolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cross sectional; Smoking; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOGONADISM; IMMUNOASSAY; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 34248999728     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: 13652605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2605.2006.00720.x     Document Type: Article

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