Changing sex ratio in the United States, 1969-1995

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 270-273

  Marcus, Michele ^a   Kiely, John ^b   Xu, Fujie ^b   McGeehin, Michael ^b   Jackson, Richard ^b   Sinks, Tom ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Sex ratio; Time trends; Vital statistics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; ODDS RATIO; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX RATIO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032145694     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(98)00149-6     Document Type: Article

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