Enzyme immunoassay of testosterone, 17β-estradiol, and progesterone in perspiration and urine of preadolescents and young adults: Exceptional levels in men's axillary perspiration

Hormone and Metabolic Research

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 819-826

  Muir, C C ^a   Treasurywala, K ^b   McAllister, S ^a   Sutherland, J ^a   Dukas, L ^b   Berger, R G ^b   Khan, A ^b   DeCatanzaro, D ^b  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

17 estradiol; Axillary; Perspiration; Pheromones; Progesterone; Testosterone; Urine

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AXILLA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE URINE LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SWEATING; URINALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AXILLA; CHILD; ESTRADIOL; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; PROGESTERONE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SALIVA; SWEAT; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 57149110463     PISSN: 00185043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1082042     Document Type: Article

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