Evidence for geographical and racial variation in serum sex steroid levels in older men

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 95, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Orwoll, Eric S ^a   Nielson, Carrie M ^a   Labrie, Fernand ^b   Barrett Connor, Elizabeth ^c   Cauley, Jane A ^d   Cummings, Steven R ^e   Ensrud, Kristine ^f   Karlsson, Magnus ^g   Lau, Edith ^h   Leung, P C ^h   Lunggren, Östen ⁱ   Mellström, Dan ^j   Patrick, Alan L ^d   Stefanick, Marcia L ^k   Nakamura, Kozo ^l   Yoshimura, Noriko ^l   Zmuda, Joseph ^d   Vandenput, Liesbeth ^j   Ohlsson, Claes ^j  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^e San Francisco Coordinating Center   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^g LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^h CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

ⁱ UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^j UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^k STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANOLONE; ESTRADIOL; ESTRONE; ESTRONE SULFATE; HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; PRASTERONE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BODY MASS; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; ESTRONE BLOOD LEVEL; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; GEOGRAPHY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SWEDEN; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77957785833     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2009-2435     Document Type: Article

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