Sex Differences in Early-Age Mortality: The Preconception Origins Hypothesis

Demography

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 2053-2056

  Pongou, Roland ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PATERNAL EXPOSURE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; UNITED STATES;

ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PATERNAL EXPOSURE; SEX FACTORS; SEX RATIO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84947126646     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: 15337790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13524-015-0441-y     Document Type: Article

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