Sex steroid hormone concentrations and risk of death in US men

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 171, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 583-592

  Menke, Andy ^a   Guallar, Eliseo ^a,b,e   Rohrmann, Sabine ^f   Nelson, William G ^b,c,d   Rifai, Nader ^g   Kanarek, Norma ^a,c   Feinleib, Manning ^a   Michos, Erin D ^b   Dobs, Adrian ^b,c   Platz, Elizabeth A ^a,c,d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^e CENTRO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES CARDIOVASCULARES CNIC   (Spain)

^f GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^g BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgens; Cardiovascular diseases; Estradiol; Hormones; Mortality; Neoplasms; Sex hormone binding globulin; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ANDROSTANEDIOL; ESTRADIOL; GLUCURONIDE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

BASELINE SURVEY; BIOAVAILABILITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH SERVICES; MORTALITY; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CANCER MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FORECASTING; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77249129737     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwp415     Document Type: Article

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