Serum estrogen, but not testosterone, levels differ between black and white men in a nationally representative sample of Americans

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 92, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2519-2525

  Rohrmann, Sabine ^a   Nelson, William G ^b,c   Rifai, Nader ^d   Brown, Terry R ^e   Dobs, Adrian ^b,c   Kanarek, Norma ^c,e   Yager, James D ^c,e   Platz, Elizabeth A ^b,c,e  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; BODY FAT; CAUCASIAN; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SAMPLING; SEX HORMONE DETERMINATION; SMOKING; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 34447117600     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2007-0028     Document Type: Article

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