Association of androgenetic alopecia with smoking and its prevalence among Asian men: A community-based survey

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 143, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1401-1406

  Su, Lin Hui ^a   Chen, Tony Hsiu Hsi ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNICITY; FAMILY HISTORY; HAIR LOSS; HUMAN; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE TYPE ALOPECIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE; RELATIVE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; TAIWAN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALOPECIA; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SMOKING; TAIWAN;

EID: 36348953914     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 0003987X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.143.11.1401     Document Type: Article

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