Secondary sex ratio in multiple births

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 101-108

  Fellman, Johan ^a   Eriksson, Aldur W ^a  

^a FOLKHÄLSAN INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Finland)

Author keywords

2 tests; Live births; Marital status; Stillbirth rate; Stillbirths; Sweden; Urban and rural regions

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVE BIRTH; MALE; MARRIAGE; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; STILLBIRTH; SWEDEN; TWINS; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; NEWBORN; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTIPLE BIRTH OFFSPRING; SEX RATIO; SWEDEN;

EID: 77953247568     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/twin.13.1.101     Document Type: Article

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