Penile length and somatometric parameters: A study in healthy young Turkish men

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 339-341

  Aslan, Ylmaz ^a   Atan, Ali ^a   Ömur Aydn, Ali ^a   Nalçacoǧlu, Varol ^a   Tuncel, Altug ^a   Kadoǧlu, Ate ^b  

^a ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

orchidometer; penile length; somatometric parameters; testicular volume

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PENIS; TESTIS SIZE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADULT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; HUMANS; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PENIS; REFERENCE VALUES; TESTIS; TURKEY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952386415     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: 17457262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/aja.2010.109     Document Type: Article

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