A new look at the hormonal and metabolic changes in the ageing male

International Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 672-674

  Kirby, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MELATONIN; PRASTERONE; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; SOMATOMEDIN C; TESTOSTERONE;

AGING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDITORIAL; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

AGED; AGING; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMANS; HYPOGONADISM; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 42149125605     PISSN: 13685031     EISSN: 17421241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-1241.2008.01725.x     Document Type: Editorial

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