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Fertility and pregnancy : an epidemiologic perspective

"Fertility and Pregnancy: An Epidemiologic Perspective offers an overview of human reproduction - how it works, and what causes it to go wrong. Weaving together history, biology, obstetrics, pediatrics, demography, infectious diseases, molecular genetics, and evolutionary biology, Allen Wilcox brings a fresh coherence to the epidemiologic study of reproduction and pregnancy. Along the way, he provides entertaining anecdotes, superb graphs, odd tidbits, and occasional humor that bring the topic to life"--Provided by publisher
eBook, English, 2010
Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2010
dissertations
1 online resource (xii, 324 pages) : illustrations, maps
9780199711444, 0199711445
607552667
The creative biology of human reproduction
On getting pregnant
How humans control their fertility
Infections and reproduction
The genetics of reproduction
Evolutionary biology and eugenics
Heterogeneity of risk
Reproductive epidemiology : themes and variations
Fertility and fecundability
Early pregnancy loss
Miscarriage
Stillbirth and infant mortality
Twins and more
Gestational age and preterm delivery
Birth weight and fetal growth
Birth defects
Sex ratio
Maternal mortality and morbidity
Preeclampsia
Fetal exposures and adult disease
Unanswered questions in reproductive epidemiology
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