Fertility and pregnancy
Subtitle: an epidemiologic perspective
By: Allen J. Wilcox
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 324
ISBN-13: 9780195342864
Description: "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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The creative biology of human reproduction; title: On getting pregnant; title: How humans control their fertility; title: Infections and reproduction; title: The genetics of reproduction; title: Evolutionary biology and eugenics; title: Heterogeneity of risk; title: Reproductive epidemiology : themes and variations; title: Fertility and fecundability; title: Early pregnancy loss; title: Miscarriage; title: Stillbirth and infant mortality; title: Twins and more; title: Gestational age and preterm delivery; title: Birth weight and fetal growth; title: Birth defects; title: Sex ratio; title: Maternal mortality and morbidity; title: Preeclampsia; title: Fetal exposures and adult disease; title: Unanswered questions in reproductive epidemiology.