| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 324 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Summary |
"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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Human reproduction.
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Human reproduction. |
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Reproductive health.
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Reproductive health. |
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Infertility -- Epidemiology.
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Infertility. |
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Epidemiology. |
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Pregnancy -- Complications -- Epidemiology.
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Pregnancy -- Complications -- Epidemiology. |
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Pregnancy -- Complications. |
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Fertility. |
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Pregnancy Complications -- epidemiology. |
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Reproductive Physiological Phenomena. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Wilcox, Allen J. Fertility and pregnancy. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010 9780195342864 (DLC) 2009025396 (OCoLC)416215739 |
| ISBN |
9780199711444 (electronic book) |
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0199711445 (electronic book) |
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9780195342864 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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0195342860 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
| Standard No. |
9786612543647 |
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