Offspring sex ratio in women with android body fat distribution

Human Biology

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 545-556

  Singh, Devendra ^a   Zambarano, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Body fat distribution; Coital rate; Female sex hormone pro file; Multiple orgasms; Sex ratio; Waist to hip ratio

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031215155     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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