Cortisol levels and measures of body composition in middle-aged and older men

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 71-77

  Travison, Thomas G ^a   O'Donnell, Amy B ^a   Araujo, Andre B ^a   Matsumoto, Alvin M ^b   McKinlay, John B ^a  

^a NEW ENGLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

AGED; AGING; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; COMORBIDITY; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 34250738483     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2007.02837.x     Document Type: Article

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