Testosterone and sport: Current perspectives

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 147-155

  Wood, Ruth I ^a   Stanton, Steven J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anabolic agents; Competition; Epitestosterone; Sex characteristics; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANABOLIC AGENT; ANDROGEN; DROSTANOLONE; EPITESTOSTERONE; OXANDROLONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ACNE; ALOPECIA; ANDROGEN INSENSITIVITY SYNDROME; ANDROGEN SYNTHESIS; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; FIRST PASS EFFECT; GENOTYPE; GYNECOMASTIA; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; REVIEW; SEX CHROMOSOME; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SPORTS SCIENCE; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE DEFICIENCY; TESTOSTERONE RELEASE; TESTOSTERONE SYNTHESIS; UPREGULATION;

ANABOLIC AGENTS; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; DOPING IN SPORTS; EPITESTOSTERONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEX CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; SEX DETERMINATION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84855970960     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2011.09.010     Document Type: Review

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