COVID-19 onset reduced the sex ratio at birth in South Africa

BACKGROUND: The sex ratio at birth (defined as male/(male+female) live births) is anticipated to approximate 0.510 with a slight male excess. This ratio has been observed to decrease transiently around 3–5 months following sudden unexpected stressful events. We hypothesised that stress engendered by...

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Autores principales: Masukume, Gwinyai, Ryan, Margaret, Masukume, Rumbidzai, Zammit, Dorota, Grech, Victor, Mapanga, Witness
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PeerJ Inc. 2022
Materias:
Epidemiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9435519/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36061753
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13985

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9435519/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36061753
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13985

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