Do gonadal hormones confound between parental smoking and offspring sex ratio?

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 226-

  James, William H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; LETTER; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SMOKING;

CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; PARENTS; SEX RATIO; SMOKING;

EID: 15844374770     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyg328     Document Type: Letter

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