Sopranos but not tenors live longer

Aging Male

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 109-110

  Abel, Ernest L ^a   Kruger, Michael M ^a   Pandya, Kalyani ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Longevity; Sex differences; Voice

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFESPAN; MALE; MEN'S HEALTH; MUSIC; MUSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

AGED; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; VOICE;

EID: 84860854945     PISSN: 13685538     EISSN: 14730790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13685538.2011.626820     Document Type: Article

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