The heritability of circulating testosterone, oestradiol, oestrone and sex hormone binding globulin concentrations in men: The Framingham Heart Study

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 277-282

  Travison, T G ^a   Zhuang, W V ^b   Lunetta, K L ^b,c   Karasik, D ^d   Bhasin, S ^a   Kiel, D P ^d   Coviello, A D ^a,e   Murabito, J M ^c,e  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTRONE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COMPLEMENT FIXATION TEST; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EXTENDED FAMILY; FRAMINGHAM RISK SCORE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CORRELATION; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS ACTION; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SMOKING; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ADULT; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ESTRADIOL; ESTRONE; FAMILY HEALTH; FLUOROIMMUNOASSAY; GENES, Y-LINKED; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX HORMONE-BINDING GLOBULIN; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84891878414     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cen.12260     Document Type: Article

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