Heritability and anthropometric influences on human fertility

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 16-22

  Madrigal, Lorena ^a   Relethford, John H ^b   Crawford, Michael H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; IRELAND; MARRIAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WIDOW;

ANTHROPOMETRY; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HEREDITY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0037245054     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.10109     Document Type: Article

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