Medical Hypotheses
Volume 58, Issue 1 , Pages 15-17 , January 2002

Can the sex of the second child be predicted by the birth-weight of the first child?

Received 6 November 2000 ,Accepted 20 March 2001.

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PII: S0306-9877(01)91400-8

doi: 10.1054/mehy.2001.1400

Medical Hypotheses
Volume 58, Issue 1 , Pages 15-17 , January 2002

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