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Association of low total testosterone levels and prevalent carotid plaques: result of the study of health in Pomerania

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The work is part of the Community Medicine Research net (CMR) of the University of Greifswald, Germany, which is funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (grant no. ZZ9603), the Ministry of Cultural Affairs as well as the Social Ministry of the Federal State of Mecklenburg-West Pomerania. This project was further supported by the German Research Foundation (DFG Vo 955/5-1). The contribution to data collection made by field workers, technicians, interviewers, and computer assistants is gratefully acknowledged.

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  1. Department of Internal Medicine B (Cardiology, Angiology, Pneumology and Intensive Care Medicine), Ernst Moritz Arndt University, Friedrich Loeffler Str. 23 a, 17475, Greifswald, Germany

    Marcus Dörr

  2. Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, Ernst Moritz Arndt University, Greifswald, Germany

    Henri Wallaschofski & Nele Friedrich

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Dörr, M., Wallaschofski, H. & Friedrich, N. Association of low total testosterone levels and prevalent carotid plaques: result of the study of health in Pomerania. Eur J Epidemiol 24, 389–391 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-009-9354-7

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