Sex hormone effects on physical activity levels: Why doesn't jane run as much as dick?

Sports Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 73-86

  Bowen, Robert S ^a,b   Turner, Michael J ^a   Lightfoot, J Timothy ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; DRUG EFFECT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; MALE; MENOPAUSE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; METABOLISM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS;

ANIMALS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HUMANS; MALE; MENOPAUSE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MODELS, ANIMAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RATS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 78650130087     PISSN: 01121642     EISSN: 11792035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/11536860-000000000-00000     Document Type: Review

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