The association between living through a prolonged economic depression and the male: Female birth ratio - A longitudinal study from Cuba, 1960-2008

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 174, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1327-1331

  Venero Fernández, Silvia Josefina ^a   Medina, Ramon Suárez ^a   Britton, John ^a   Fogarty, Andrew W ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Cuba; Economic recession; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

BASELINE CONDITIONS; BIRTH RATE; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LONGITUDINAL GRADIENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEX RATIO; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES;

CUBA; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC RECESSION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; LIVE BIRTH; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEX RATIO;

CUBA; ECONOMIC RECESSION; FEMALE; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEX RATIO;

CUBA;

EID: 83755182759     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwr357     Document Type: Review

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