Decline in sex ratio at birth after Kobe earthquake

Human Reproduction

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 2321-2322

  Fukuda, Misao ^a   Fukuda, Kyomi ^a   Shimizu, Takashi ^b   Moøer, Henrik ^c  

^a Fukuda Ladies Clinic   (Japan)

^b Shimizu Women's Clinic   (Japan)

^c DANISH NATIONAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Fertility; Kobe earthquake; Sex ratio; Stress

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EARTHQUAKE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; SEX RATIO;

EID: 0031666376     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/13.8.2321     Document Type: Article

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