Mother's occupation and sex ratio at birth

BMC Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Ruckstuhl, Kathreen E ^a   Colijn, Grant P ^a   Amiot, Volodymyr ^a   Vinish, Erin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; OCCUPATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; SEX RATIO; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952463208     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-269     Document Type: Article

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