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Parental Age of Homosexuals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

K. Abe  and
P. A. P. Moran
K. Abe
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Osaka City University Hospital, Abenoku, Osaka, Japan
P. A. P. Moran
Affiliation:
Institute of Advanced Studies, Australian National University, Box 4, P.O. Canberra, Australia
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Extract

During the past two decades an increasing number of investigations have been made into the relationship between maternal age and incidence of disease. The following may be mentioned by way of illustration.

Type
The Family as Background: Environmentally and Genetically
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 115 , Issue 520 , March 1969 , pp. 313 - 317
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1969 

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