Salivary testosterone measurement by liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry in adult males and females

Annals of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 368-378

  Keevil, B G ^a   MacDonald, P ^a   Macdowall, W ^b   Lee, D M ^c   Wu, F C W ^c  

^a MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

evaluation of new methods; laboratory methods; mass spectrometry; salivary analytes; Steroid hormones

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; DRUG STABILITY; DRUG STORAGE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; SALIVA; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; DRUG STABILITY; DRUG STORAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SALIVA; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TESTOSTERONE; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84898679789     PISSN: 00045632     EISSN: 17581001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0004563213506412     Document Type: Article

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