Parental smoking and increased likelihood of female births

Gibby Koshy; Ali Delpisheh; Loretta Brabin; E Attia; Bernard Brabin

doi:10.3109/03014461003742803

Parental smoking and increased likelihood of female births

Gibby Koshy, Ali Delpisheh, Loretta Brabin, E Attia, Bernard Brabin

International Public Health

Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

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Abstract

BACKGROUND: A recent decline in the male:female (M:F) sex ratio may relate to pregnancy cigarette smoke exposure. Aim: To assess trends and cigarette exposure dose-response effects on the sex ratio.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	789-800
Number of pages	12
Journal	Annals of Human Biology
Volume	37
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3109/03014461003742803
Publication status	Published - 1 Nov 2010

Keywords

Female birth
Liverpool
Parental
Pregnancy
Sex ratio
Smoking

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