Reliability and validity of self-reported male balding patterns for use in epidemiologic studies

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 771-772

  Littman, Alyson J ^a,b   White, Emily ^a,b  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Balding; Hair Patterning; Questionnaire; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; AGED; ALOPECIA; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAIR; HAIR LOSS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; RISK; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AGED; ALOPECIA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COHORT STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 27644467938     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2005.02.013     Document Type: Article

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