Marriage season, promptness of successful pregnancy and first-born sex ratio in a historical natural fertility population - Evidence for sex-dependent early pregnancy loss?

International Journal of Biometeorology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 89-92

  Nonaka, Koichi ^a   Desjardins, Bertrand ^b   Charbonneau, Hubert ^b   Légaré, Jacques ^b   Miura, Teiji ^a  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Marriage season; Natural fertility; Pregnancy loss; Prompt conception; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FETUS DEATH; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SEASON; SEX RATIO;

ADULT; CANADA; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FETAL DEATH; HUMANS; MALE; MARRIAGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SEASONS; SEX RATIO;

EID: 0032239591     PISSN: 00207128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004840050090     Document Type: Article

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