Fertility and pregnancy :

Wilcox, Allen J.

Fertility and pregnancy : an epidemiologic perspective / Allen J. Wilcox. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010. - xii, 324 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

"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."--BOOK JACKET.



9780195342864 (alk. paper)

2009025396

101508645 DNLM


Human reproduction.
Reproductive health.
Infertility--Epidemiology.
Pregnancy--Complications--Epidemiology.
Fertility.
Pregnancy Complications--epidemiology.
Reproductive Physiological Phenomena.

QP252 / .W55 2010

612.6 W667f 2010

2010 C-824 WP 565 / W667f 2010
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