Fetal death sex ratios: A test of the economic stress hypothesis

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 944-948

  Catalano, Ralph ^a   Bruckner, Tim ^a   Anderson, Elizabeth ^a   Gould, Jeffrey B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fetal death; Population distress; Sex ratio; Unemployment rate

Indexed keywords

CAUSE OF DEATH; ECONOMIC IMPACT; INFANT MORTALITY; POPULATION DENSITY; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEATH; FETUS RISK; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL ASPECT; STRESS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED STATES;

CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; HUMANS; INCOME; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; SEX RATIO; TIME FACTORS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 26444608737     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyi081     Document Type: Article

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