Dehydroepiandrosterone Sulfate (DHEAS) and Risk for Mortality Among Older Taiwanese

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 510-515

  Glei, Dana A ^a   Goldman, Noreen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aged; Dehydroepiandrosterone; Dehydroepiandrosterone Sulfate; Elderly; Health Status; Morbidity; Mortality; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; PRASTERONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DYING; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TAIWAN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CAUSALITY; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE SULFATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TAIWAN;

EID: 33745440178     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2005.09.010     Document Type: Article

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