Birth order, sibling sex ratio, and maternal miscarriages in homosexual and heterosexual men and women

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 543-552

  Ellis, Lee ^a   Blanchard, Ray ^b  

^a MINOT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Birth order; homosexuality; h y antigen; maternal immunization; minor histocompatibility antigen; miscarriage; sex ratio; sexual orientation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035285308     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(00)00051-9     Document Type: Article

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