Hypothesis: Gonadal hormones act as confounders in epidemiological studies of the associations between some behavioural risk factors and some pathological conditions

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 209, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 97-102

  James, William H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BREAST CANCER; FRACTURE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INDUCED ABORTION; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SMOKING; TESTIS CANCER; VASECTOMY;

EID: 0035819774     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.2000.2249     Document Type: Article

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