Sex hormones and cause-specific mortality in the male veterans: The vietnam experience study

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 241-246

  Phillips, A C ^a   Gale, C R ^b   Batty, G D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; HAZARD RATIO; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MILITARY SERVICE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VETERAN;

EID: 84857543185     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: 14602393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcr204     Document Type: Article

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