Does Cosleeping Contribute to Lower Testosterone Levels in Fathers? Evidence from the Philippines

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Gettler, Lee T ^a,b   McKenna, James J ^a   McDade, Thomas W ^b   Agustin, Sonny S ^c   Kuzawa, Christopher W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SAN CARLOS   (Philippines)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATHER CHILD RELATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHILIPPINES; PROGENY; RURAL POPULATION; SLEEP TIME; WAKEFULNESS;

AGED; CAREGIVERS; FATHERS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PARENTING; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PHILIPPINES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SALIVA; SLEEP; TESTOSTERONE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84866042270     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0041559     Document Type: Article

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