Seasonality of sex ratio in Germany

Human Reproduction

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1401-1402

  Lerchl, A ^a  

^a INST OF REPRO MED OF THE UNIV   (Germany)

Author keywords

Human; Seasonality; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEWBORN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX RATIO;

EID: 0031864442     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/13.5.1401     Document Type: Article

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