Monthly measures of salivary testosterone predict sexual activity in adolescent males

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 445-465

  Halpern, Carolyn Tucker ^a   Udry, J Richard ^a   Suchindran, Chirayath ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Longitudinal; Salivary testosterone; Sexual activity

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COITUS; HUMAN; MALE; SALIVA LEVEL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TESTOSTERONE RELEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; DATA COLLECTION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PUBERTY; SALIVA; SEXUAL ABSTINENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 7344224894     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018700529128     Document Type: Article

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