Offspring sex ratios among male tobacco smokers in Khartoum, Sudan

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1045-1049

  Ibrahim, Mohanad Mahgoub ^a   Khalil, Ahmed Abdelrahim Ahmed ^a   Khan, Umar Ali ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (Sudan)

^b RIPHAH INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIGARETTE SMOKE; TOBACCO SMOKE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MALE; PATERNAL SMOKING; PROGENY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX RATIO; SMOKING HABIT; SUDAN; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FATHER; MIDDLE AGED; SMOKING;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FATHERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; SUDAN;

EID: 84867163396     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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