Secular trends in sex ratios at birth in South America over the second half of the 20th century
Objectives: Latitude gradients have been found in the male-female ratio at birth (M/F: male divided by total births), which is anticipated to be 0.515. Methods: Annual national male and female live births by country were obtained for South America from the World Health Organization (WHO) and analyse...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2013-09-01
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Series: | Jornal de Pediatria |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0021755713001204 |