Testosterone levels and psychological health status in men from a general population: The Tromsø study

Aging Male

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 37-41

  Berglund, Linnea Hergot ^a   Prytz, Hanne Sandberg ^a   Perski, Aleksander ^b   Svartberg, Johan ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Anxiety; depression; men; testosterone

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEAR; HEALTH SURVEY; HOPKINS SYMPTOM CHECKLIST 10; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING HABIT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; ANDROGENS; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MEN'S HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF ADMINISTRATION; SELF REPORT; SEX HORMONE-BINDING GLOBULIN; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWEDEN; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 79751513945     PISSN: 13685538     EISSN: 14730790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13685538.2010.522276     Document Type: Article

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