Seasonal variation of salivary testosterone in men, normally cycling women, and women using hormonal contraceptives

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 804-808

  Stanton, Steven J ^a   Mullette Gillman, O'Dhaniel A ^b   Huettel, Scott A ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Circannual; Gender; Hormonal contraceptive; Seasonal variation; Sex; Steroid; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HORMONAL CONTRACEPTION; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SALIVA LEVEL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TESTOSTERONE RELEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BICYCLING; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL, HORMONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SALIVA; SEASONS; TESTOSTERONE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051861069     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2011.07.009     Document Type: Article

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