Selection in utero: A biological response to mass layoffs

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 396-400

  Catalano, Ralph ^a   Zilko, Claire E Margerison ^a   Saxton, Katherine B ^a   Bruckner, Tim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; SEX PRESELECTION; SEX RATIO; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 77952060167     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.21011     Document Type: Article

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