Population stress and the Swedish sex ratio

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 413-420

  Catalano, Ralph ^a   Bruckner, Tim ^a   Hartig, Terry ^b   Ong, Michael ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; SEX RATIO; STRESS; SWEDEN;

ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SEX RATIO; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWEDEN;

EID: 28044464496     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: 13653016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3016.2005.00677.x     Document Type: Article

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