Natural selection in industrialized countries: A study of three generations of Italian newborns

Annals of Human Genetics

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 47-53

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

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; BIRTH WEIGHT; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; ITALY; MATERNAL AGE; NATURAL SELECTION; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STILLBIRTH;

EID: 0031847034     PISSN: 00034800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003480098006666     Document Type: Article

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