Women's age, weight, parity and offspring sex ratio: A comment on the paper of Helle

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 254, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 716-

  James, William H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CONCEPTION; DISORDERS OF AMINO ACID AND PROTEIN METABOLISM; LETTER; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SEX RATIO;

ANDROGENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; OBESITY; PARITY; PREGNANCY; SEX RATIO;

HELLE;

EID: 51349128050     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2008.06.031     Document Type: Letter

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