Low testosterone level of middle-aged Japanese men - the association between low testosterone levels and quality-of-life

Journal of Men's Health and Gender

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 149-155

  Yasuda, Mitsuko ^a   Furuya, Kumiko ^a   Yoshii, Takashi ^a   Ide, Hisamitu ^a   Muto, Satoru ^a   Horie, Shigeo ^a  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Late onset hypogonadism; Middle aged Japanese men; Quality of life; Salivary testosterone

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EMOTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOGONADISM; JAPANESE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SHORT FORM 36; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 34250001479     PISSN: 15718913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmhg.2007.03.006     Document Type: Article

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