Sex differences in obesity associated with total fertility rate

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Brooks, Robert ^a   Maklakov, Alexei ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULIN;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; CONTRACEPTION; DIETARY INTAKE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUNGER; INCOME; INFANT MORTALITY; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADULT; BIRTH RATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 77956510393     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0010587     Document Type: Article

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