Early Selection and Sex Composition in Italy: A Study at the Regional Level

Human Biology

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 415-426

  Zonta, L A ^a   Astolfi, P ^a   Ulizzi, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; BIOLOGY; CHILD SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL BACKGROUND; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC FACTORS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS--WOMEN; EUROPE; EXCESS MORTALITY--MEN; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; GEOGRAPHIC FACTORS; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; ITALY; LENGTH OF LIFE; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRIES; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; PARENTAL AGE; POPULATION; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SEX RATIO--DETERMINANTS; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTHERN EUROPE; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURVIVORSHIP;

AGE FACTORS; BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; BIOLOGY; CHILD SURVIVAL; CULTURAL BACKGROUND; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC FACTORS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS--WOMEN; EUROPE; EXCESS MORTALITY--MEN; FETAL DEATH; GEOGRAPHIC FACTORS; INDUSTRIALIZATION; ITALY; LENGTH OF LIFE; MATERNAL AGE; MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRIES; MORTALITY; PARENTAL AGE; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; SEX RATIO--DETERMINANTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SURVIVORSHIP;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; ITALY; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0030158550     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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