An unusual sex ratio of births in an industrial town with mortality problems

  1. O. LL. LLOYD1,
  2. M. M. LLOYD1,
  3. Y. HOLLAND1,
  4. W. R. LYSTER2

Article first published online: 23 AUG 2005

DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1984.tb03706.x

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BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology

Volume 91, Issue 9, pages 901–907, September 1984

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LLOYD, O. LL., LLOYD, M. M., HOLLAND, Y. and LYSTER, W. R. (1984), An unusual sex ratio of births in an industrial town with mortality problems. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 91: 901–907. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1984.tb03706.x

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  1. 1

    Environmental Epidemiology and Cancer Centre, Wolfson Institute of Occupational Health, Level 5, Medical School, Ninewells, Dundee

  2. 2

    33 Colville Gardens, London

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 23 AUG 2005
  2. Article first published online: 23 AUG 2005
  3. Received 14 November 1983 Accepted 12 February 1984

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Summary. In a small industrial town in central Scotland, geographical and temporal relations were established between respiratory cancer and an abnormally high sex ratio of births. Various categories of mortality and the sex ratios of births showed comparable annual trends, and suggest a possible role of air pollution.

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