Measurement of testosterone in infant fecal samples

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 820-822

  Thompson, Amanda L ^a,b   Whitten, Patricia L ^c   Lampl, Michelle ^c  

^a The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FECES; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY;

FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TESTOSTERONE; UNITED STATES;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 80053920085     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.21205     Document Type: Article

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