Acta Med. 2017, 60: 59-65

https://doi.org/10.14712/18059694.2017.94

The Terrorist Attacks and the Human Live Birth Sex Ratio: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Gwinyai Masukumea,b, Sinéad M. O’Neillb, Ali S. Khashanb,c, Louise C. Kennyb, Victor Grechd

aGravida: National Centre for Growth & Development, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
bIrish Centre for Fetal and Neonatal Translational Research (INFANT), Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
cDepartment of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
dAcademic Department of Paediatrics, Medical School, Mater Dei Hospital, Malta

Received January 11, 2017
Accepted April 3, 2017

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