Serum testosterone levels in surgeons during major head and neck cancer surgery: A suppositional study

British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 190-193

  Brennan, P A ^a   Herd, M K ^a   Puxeddu, R ^a   Anand, R ^a   Cascarini, L ^b   Brown, J S ^c   Avery, C M ^d   Woodwards, R T M ^e   Mitchell, D A ^f  

^a QUEEN ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHWICK PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AINTREE   (United Kingdom)

^d LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^e NORTH MANCHESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f PINDERFIELDS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Head and neck; Suppositional study; Surgery; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANCER INVASION; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; MALE TYPE ALOPECIA; MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY; MICROVASCULAR SURGERY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STRESS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PHYSICIANS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURGERY, ORAL; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 79953670271     PISSN: 02664356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2011.01.012     Document Type: Article

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