The longitudinal relationship of sexual function and androgen status in older men: The Concord Health and Ageing in Men Project

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1350-1358

  Hsu, Benjumin ^a,b   Cumming, Robert G ^a,b   Blyth, Fiona M ^b   Naganathan, Vasi ^b   Le Couteur, David G ^b   Seibel, Markus J ^b   Waite, Louise M ^b   Handelsman, David J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROSTANOLONE; ESTRADIOL; ESTRONE; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; ESTRONE BLOOD LEVEL; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; LIBIDO; LIBIDO DISORDER; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; PENIS ERECTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL FUNCTION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD; HEALTH STATUS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANDROGENS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84927590992     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 19457197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2014-4104     Document Type: Article

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