Short Communication: Sex ratio at birth and war in Croatia (1991–1995) O.Polasek, I.Kolcic, B.Kolaric and I.Rudan
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O.Polasek, I.Kolcic, B.Kolaric and I.Rudan Department of Medical Statistics, Epidemiology and Medical Informatics, ‘Andrija Stampar’ School of Public Health, Medical School, University of Zagreb, Rockefellerova 4, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia, Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Edinburgh Medical School, Teviot Place, Edinburgh EH8 9AG, UK and Croatian Institute of Public Health, Rockefellerova 7, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia
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