Sleep, sex steroid hormones, sexual activities, and aging in Asian men

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 131-137

  Goh, Victor H H ^a   Tong, Terry Y Y ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Bioavallable T; DHEAS; Physical exercise; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ESTRADIOL; PRASTERONE SULFATE; SEX HORMONE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BLOOD SAMPLING; COITUS; ETHNIC GROUP; EXERCISE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; LIBIDO; MALE; MASTURBATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SLEEP; SLEEP TIME; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SLEEP;

EID: 77950928867     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2164/jandrol.109.007856     Document Type: Article

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