Prevalence and types of androgenetic alopecia in Shanghai, China: A community-based study

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 160, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 629-632

  Xu, F ^a   Sheng, Y Y ^a   Mu, Z L ^a   Lou, W ^a   Zhou, J ^a   Ren, Y T ^a   Qi, S S ^a   Wang, X S ^a   Fu, Z W ^b   Yang, Q P ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Androgenetic alopecia; China; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHINA; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FACE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HOME; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE TYPE ALOPECIA; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALOPECIA; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60449096048     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2008.08909.x     Document Type: Article

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