Body fatness and sex steroid hormone concentrations in US men: Results from NHANES III

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1141-1151

  Rohrmann, Sabine ^a   Shiels, Meredith S ^b   Lopez, David S ^b   Rifai, Nader ^c   Nelson, William G ^b,d,e   Kanarek, Norma ^b,c   Guallar, Eliseo ^b,f   Menke, Andy ^b,f   Joshu, Corinne E ^b   Feinleib, Manning ^b   Sutcliffe, Siobhan ^g   Platz, Elizabeth A ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g USA   (United States)

Author keywords

Estradiol; NHANES III; Obesity; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTENEDIOL; ESTRADIOL; SEX HORMONE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; IMPEDANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; ESTRADIOL; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OBESITY; TESTOSTERONE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 82955163239     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: 15737225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10552-011-9790-z     Document Type: Article

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