Trends in US sex ratio by plurality, gestational age and race/ethnicity†

Human Reproduction

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2936-2944

  Branum, Amy M ^a   Parker, Jennifer D ^a   Schoendorf, Kenneth C ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Ethnicity; Sex ratio; Statistics; USA

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS MORTALITY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NEWBORN; PERINATAL CARE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREMATURE LABOR; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70350488670     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dep255     Document Type: Article

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