Awareness of andropause in males: A North Indian study

Indian Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 379-386

  Ashat, Munish ^a   Puri, Sonia ^a   Singh, Amarjeet ^b   Sarpal, Sandeep Singh ^a   Goel, Naveen K ^a   Koushal, Vipin ^a  

^a GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

^b POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Androgen decline in aging males scale; andropause; awareness; testosterone therapy

Indexed keywords

CHINESE DRUG; SILDENAFIL; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; AMNESIA; ANDROPAUSE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; GROUPS BY AGE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INJECTION; LIBIDO DISORDER; MALE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TESTOSTERONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; TRANSDERMAL PATCH; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANDROGENS; ANDROPAUSE; AWARENESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPOGONADISM; INCIDENCE; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84875422426     PISSN: 00195359     EISSN: 19983654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5359.108952     Document Type: Article

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