Racial/ethnic differences in serum sex steroid hormone concentrations in US adolescent males

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 817-826

  Lopez, David S ^a,b   Peskoe, Sarah B ^a   Joshu, Corinne E ^a   Dobs, Adrian ^c,d   Feinleib, Manning ^a   Kanarek, Norma ^a,d   Nelson, William G ^a,d,e   Selvin, Elizabeth ^a   Rohrmann, Sabine ^f   Platz, Elizabeth A ^a,d,e  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Race and ethnicity; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SMOKING; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; UNITED STATES; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ESTRADIOL; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; NUTRITION SURVEYS; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; SEX HORMONE-BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876484567     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: 15737225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10552-013-0154-8     Document Type: Article

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