Environmental Factors and the Proportion of Males at Birth in Italy

Archives of Environmental Health

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 119-124

  Figà Talamanca, Irene ^a   Carbone, Pietro ^a   Lauria, Laura ^b   Spinelli, Angela ^b   Ulizzi, Laura ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Environmental pollution; Pesticides; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; BIRTH RATE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; ITALY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; NEWBORN; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX RATIO; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0038299277     PISSN: 00039896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/AEOH.58.2.119-124     Document Type: Article

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