Offspring sex and pregnancy outcome by length of gestation

Early Human Development

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 47-54

  Vatten, Lars J ^a   Skjærven, Rolv ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Length of gestation; Perinatal mortality; Preeclampsia; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NORWAY; PERINATAL MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURE LABOR; PROGENY; SEX RATIO;

EID: 0347355390     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2003.10.006     Document Type: Article

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