Human sexual size dimorphism in early pregnancy

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 165, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1216-1218

  Bukowski, Radek ^a   Smith, Gordon C S ^b   Malone, Fergal D ^c   Ball, Robert H ^d   Nyberg, David A ^e   Comstock, Christine H ^f   Hankins, Gary D V ^a   Berkowitz, Richard L ^g   Gross, Susan J ^h   Dugoff, Lorraine ⁱ   Craigo, Sabrina D ^j   Timor Tritsch, Ilan E ^k   Carr, Stephen R ^l   Wolfe, Honor M ^m   D'Alton, Mary E ^g  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Fetal and Women's Center of Arizona   (United States)

^f WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g New York Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

^h ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^j TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^k NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^l BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA HOSPITALS   (United States)

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Author keywords

Cohort studies; Fetal development; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); PREGNANCY; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FETUS; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION; MALE; PREGNANCY; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; BODY SIZE; HISTOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 34447130903     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwm024     Document Type: Article

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