Validity of self reported male balding patterns in epidemiological studies

BMC Public Health

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Taylor, Rosalind ^a   Matassa, Julia ^a   Leavy, Justine E ^a   Fritschi, Lin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALOPECIA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVATION; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SCALP; SELF CONCEPT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; ALOPECIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVATION; OBSERVER VARIATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCALP; SELF CONCEPT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 12344267133     PISSN: 14712458     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-4-60     Document Type: Article

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