Low Serum Testosterone Levels Are Associated with Elevated Urinary Mandelic Acid, and Strontium Levels in Adult Men According to the US 2011–2012 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

Cheng Xu; Qian Liu; Hui Liu; Paul Héroux; Qunwei Zhang; Zhao-Yan Jiang; Aihua Gu

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0127451

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Low Serum Testosterone Levels Are Associated with Elevated Urinary Mandelic Acid, and Strontium Levels in Adult Men According to the US 2011–2012 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

Cheng Xu ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Cheng Xu, Qian Liu

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Institute of Toxicology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China, Key Laboratory of Modern Toxicology of Ministry of Education, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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Qian Liu ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Cheng Xu, Qian Liu

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Institute of Toxicology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China, Key Laboratory of Modern Toxicology of Ministry of Education, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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Hui Liu,

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Institute of Toxicology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China, Key Laboratory of Modern Toxicology of Ministry of Education, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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Paul Héroux,

Affiliations InVitroPlus Laboratory, Department of Surgery, Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada, Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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Qunwei Zhang,

Affiliation Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, School of Public Health and Information Health Sciences, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, 40292, United States of America
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Zhao-Yan Jiang ,

* E-mail: aihuagu@njmu.edu.cn (AG); zhaoyanjiang@gmail.com (ZYJ)

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai JiaoTong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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Aihua Gu

* E-mail: aihuagu@njmu.edu.cn (AG); zhaoyanjiang@gmail.com (ZYJ)

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Institute of Toxicology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China, Key Laboratory of Modern Toxicology of Ministry of Education, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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Low Serum Testosterone Levels Are Associated with Elevated Urinary Mandelic Acid, and Strontium Levels in Adult Men According to the US 2011–2012 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

Cheng Xu,
Qian Liu,
Hui Liu,
Paul Héroux,
Qunwei Zhang,
Zhao-Yan Jiang,
Aihua Gu

Published: May 21, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0127451

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