Responsiveness of the reproductive axis to a single missed evening meal in young adult males

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 775-781

  Trumble, Benjamin C ^a   Brindle, Eleanor ^a   Kupsik, Michalina ^a,b   O'Connor, Kathleen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DIET; DIET RESTRICTION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; SALIVA; URINE;

ADULT; DIET; FASTING; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; SALIVA; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 79952197371     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.21079     Document Type: Article

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