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Decline in sex ratio at birth after Kobe earthquake.
| Content Provider | Paperity |
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| Author | Fukuda, K. Møller, H. Fukuda, M. Shimizu, T. |
| Abstract | We investigated the possible association between the Kobe earthquake (January 1995) and the sex ratio among live-born infants after the catastrophe. A significant decline in the sex ratio (0.501) of Hyogo Prefecture in October 1995 was observed 9 months after the Kobe earthquake as compared with an expected value of 0.516 in the period from January 1993 to January 1996 (P = 0.04; one-tailed). Simultaneously, a reduction in fertility of approximately 6% was also observed, compared with the month of October 2 years previously. Thus, the acute stress resulting from a great natural catastrophe can be a cause of a low sex ratio at birth 9 months later. |
| Starting Page | 2321 |
| Ending Page | 2322 |
| File Format | HTM / HTML |
| ISSN | 02681161 |
| DOI | 10.1093/humrep/13.8.2321 |
| Issue Number | 8 |
| Journal | Human Reproduction |
| Volume Number | 13 |
| e-ISSN | 14602350 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Publisher Date | 1998-08-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Developed countries Fertility measurements Research report Population characteristics Sex distribution Japan Birth rate Natural disaster Eastern asia Sex factors Sex ratio Demographic factors Asia Fertility Environment Population Population dynamics |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Rehabilitation Reproductive Medicine Obstetrics and Gynecology |
