Fertility and pregnancy : an epidemiologic perspective / Allen J. Wilcox.

By:

Wilcox, Allen J

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.Description: xii, 324 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cmISBN:

9780195342864 (alk. paper)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

612.6 W667f 2010 22

LOC classification:

QP252 .W55 2010

NLM classification:

2010 C-824
WP 565

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.

Review: "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.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Barcode
Books	Premier University Public Health Library	612.6 W667f 2010		Available	25118
Books	Premier University Public Health Library	612.6 W667f 2010		Available	25119
Books	Premier University Public Health Library	612.6 W667f 2010	1	Available	25117

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"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.

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