Lack of association between smoking behavior and the sex ratio of offspring in the avon longitudinal study of parents and children

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 700-702

  Heron, Jon ^a   Ness, Andy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMED CONSENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PARENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLE; SEX RATIO; SMOKING;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEX RATIO; SMOKING;

EID: 1642380350     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2003.07.032     Document Type: Article

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