Prevalence of low male testosterone levels in primary care in Germany: Cross-sectional results from the DETECT study

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 446-454

  Schneider, Harald Jörn ^a,b,c   Sievers, Caroline ^c   Klotsche, Jens ^d   Böhler, Steffen ^d   Pittrow, David ^d   Lehnert, Hendrik ^e,f   Wittchen, Hans Ulrich ^d   Stalla, Günter Karl ^c  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

^d DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL COVENTRY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG USE; GERMANY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; INFLAMMATION; LIFESTYLE; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GERMANY; HUMANS; HYPOGONADISM; INFLAMMATION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 60349128958     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2008.03370.x     Document Type: Article

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