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International Journal of Epidemiology 2000;29:949
© International Epidemiological Association 2000

Letters to the Editor

The Sex Ratio of Offspring of Men Exposed to Metal Fumes

William H James

The Galton Laboratory, University College London, Wolfson House, 4 Stephenson Way, London NW1 2HE, UK

Figa-Talamanca and Petrelli1 report that men exposed to metal fumes have low offspring sex ratios (proportions male) at birth. They divide their workers into four graded categories of exposure (no exposure ... highly exposed) and note that the two extreme offspring sex ratios are highly significantly different from one another. However one is left wondering about an overall assessment of their data in toto. . . [Full Text of this Article]

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Irene Figa-Talamanca

Department of Biology, University of Rome, ‘La Sapienza’, 00185 Rome, Italy


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