Cigarette smoking has a positive and independent effect on testosterone levels
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Cigarette smoking has a positive and independent effect on testosterone levels.
Previous studies have suggested that testosterone levels are linked to a variety of diseases, such as cardiovascular disease, type-2 diabetes, the metabolic syndrome, erectile dysfunction, depression, stroke and osteoporosis. Since cigarette smoking is a major health problem and highly prevalent among men, several groups have studied the effects of cigarette smoking on testosterone levels in me...
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عنوان ژورنال: HORMONES
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1109-3099
DOI: 10.14310/horm.2002.1445