Demographic, physical and lifestyle factors associated with androgen status: The Florey Adelaide Male Ageing Study (FAMAS)

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 261-272

  Atlantis, Evan ^a   Martin, Sean A ^b   Haren, Matthew T ^b,c   O'Loughlin, Peter D ^b   Taylor, Anne W ^b   Anand Ivell, Ravinder ^b   Ivell, Richard ^b   Wittert, Gary A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GONADOTROPIN; INSULIN LIKE PEPTIDE 3; NEUROPEPTIDE; TESTOSTERONE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ADULT; AGED; ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH SURVEY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; LEYDIG CELL; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NUTRITION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANDROGENS; AUSTRALIA; BODY COMPOSITION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 67650293292     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2008.03463.x     Document Type: Article

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