Testosterone, aging, and body composition in men from Harare, Zimbabwe

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 704-712

  Lukas, William D ^a   Campbell, Benjamin C ^a   Ellison, Peter T ^b  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANALYZER; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE ANALYZER; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY TRANSFER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SALIVA LEVEL; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; ZIMBABWE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; ANDROGENS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SALIVA; TESTOSTERONE; URBAN POPULATION; ZIMBABWE;

BIA;

EID: 8744307161     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20083     Document Type: Article

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