Achieving Women and Declining Sex Ratios

Human Biology

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 917-927

  Grant, Valerie J ^a   Yang, Sarina ^a  

^a THE UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Biography; Family structure; Maternal dominance hypothesis; Occupation; Personality

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FEMALE WORKER; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PROGENY; REPRODUCTION; SEX RATIO; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORK;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 1242276325     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hub.2004.0005     Document Type: Article

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