Temporal trends in the secondary sex ratio in Nordic countries

Biodemography and Social Biology

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 143-154

  Fellman, Johan ^a   Eriksson, Aldur W ^a  

^a FOLKHÄLSAN INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; ICELAND; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; SCANDINAVIA; SEX RATIO;

BIRTH RATE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; ICELAND; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; SCANDINAVIA; SEX RATIO;

EID: 84857246469     PISSN: 19485565     EISSN: 19485573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19485565.2011.614193     Document Type: Article

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