Male lifespan and the secondary sex ratio

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 783-790

  Catalano, Ralph ^a   Bruckner, Tim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EVOLUTION; EXTERNAL VALIDITY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFESPAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; THEORETICAL STUDY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREND STUDY;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; BIRTH RATE; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; DISASTERS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; ICELAND; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREGNANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEX RATIO;

EID: 33750883221     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20551     Document Type: Article

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