Severe periconceptional life events and the sex ratio in offspring: Follow up study based on five national registers

British Medical Journal

Volumn 319, Issue 7209, 1999, Pages 548-549

  Hansen, Dorthe ^a   Møller, Henrik ^b   Olsen, Jørn ^c  

^a JOHN F KENNEDY INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^b DANISH NATIONAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AARHUS   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; EMOTIONAL STRESS; ENVIRONMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

EID: 0033612846     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.319.7209.548     Document Type: Article

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