Long-duration space flight and bed rest effects on testosterone and other steroids

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 270-278

  Smith, Scott M ^a   Heer, Martina ^d,e   Wang, Zuwei ^b   Huntoon, Carolyn L ^a   Zwart, Sara R ^c  

^a NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^b Enterprise Advisory Services Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^e Profil Institute for Metabolic Research GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; PRASTERONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; STEROID; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BED REST; BIOAVAILABILITY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL FUNCTION; OSTEOLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPACE FLIGHT; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; BED REST; BONE AND BONES; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPACE FLIGHT; TESTOSTERONE; TIME FACTORS; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

EID: 84862942768     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 19457197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2011-2233     Document Type: Article

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