Baldness and coronary heart disease rates in men from the framingham study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 142, Issue 8, 1995, Pages 828-833

  Herrera, Carlos R ^a   D'agostino, Ralph B ^b   Gerstman, B Burt ^c   Bosco, Lynn A ^d   Belanger, Albert J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alopecia; Cardiovascular diseases; Coronary disease; Men; Mortality; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALOPECIA; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; HAIR LOSS; HEART DEATH; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; SCALP HAIR;

ADULT; AGED; ALOPECIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CORONARY DISEASE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK; RISK FACTORS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0028849709     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a117722     Document Type: Article

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