Evaluation of the effects of cigarette smoking on testosterone levels in adult men

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1763-1772

  Halmenschlager, Graziele ^a   Rossetto, Simone ^b   Lara, Gustavo Müller ^b   Rhoden, Ernani Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE CIÊNCIAS DA SAÚDE DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEEVALE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Hypogonadism; Smoking; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

EID: 66649105186     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2009.01227.x     Document Type: Article

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