Testosterone and sex in older men

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 195, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 61-62

  Yeap, Bu B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b FREMANTLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; TESTOSTERONE;

AGE; AGING; ANDROGEN DEFICIENCY; ANEMIA; AUSTRALIAN; BODY COMPOSITION; BONE DENSITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDITORIAL; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; ETHNIC GROUP; GEL; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; LIBIDO; MEDICAL CARE; MEMORY; MORTALITY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, CAPACITY AND PERFORMANCE; PROSTATE; PROSTATE CANCER; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; SOCIAL ASPECT; STROKE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THERAPY EFFECT; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; WALKING SPEED;

EID: 79960606949     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2011.tb03206.x     Document Type: Editorial

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