Sex and death: Are they related? Findings from the Caerphilly cohort study

BMJ

Volumn 315, Issue 7123, 1997, Pages 1641-1644

  Smith, George Davey ^a   Frankel, Stephen ^a   Yarnell, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; ORGASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGE FACTORS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CORONARY DISEASE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGASM; RISK FACTORS; WALES;

EID: 0009915471     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.315.7123.1641     Document Type: Article

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