Age-related patterns of DHEAS among Turkana males of northern Kenya

Aging Male

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 203-209

  Campbell, Benjamin C ^a,d   Leslie, Paul ^b   Campbell, Kenneth ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Aging; Body composition; DHEAS; Males; Pastoral nomads

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC RESTRICTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROUPS BY AGE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; KENYA; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; STATISTICAL MODEL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 36348935696     PISSN: 13685538     EISSN: 14730790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13685530701533151     Document Type: Article

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