Environmental chemicals and changes in sex ratio: Analysis over 250 years in Finland

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 107, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 813-815

  Vartiainen, Terttu ^a,b   Kartovaara, Leena ^c   Tuomisto, Jouko ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^c Statistics Finland   (Finland)

Author keywords

Chemicalization; Dioxins; Male proportion; Pesticides; Pollution; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

DIOXIN; ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL; HORMONE; PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; PATERNAL AGE; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; WAR;

EID: 0032718201     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.99107813     Document Type: Article

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