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| Title |
Increased sex ratio in Russia and Cuba after Chernobyl: a radiological hypothesis
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Environmental Health, August 2013
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| DOI | 10.1186/1476-069x-12-63 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Hagen Scherb, Ralf Kusmierz, Kristina Voigt |
| Abstract |
The ratio of male to female offspring at birth may be a simple and non-invasive way to monitor the reproductive health of a population. Except in societies where selective abortion skews the sex ratio, approximately 105 boys are born for every 100 girls. Generally, the human sex ratio at birth is remarkably constant in large populations. After the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident in April 1986, a long lasting significant elevation in the sex ratio has been found in Russia, i.e. more boys or fewer girls compared to expectation were born. Recently, also for Cuba an escalated sex ratio from 1987 onward has been documented and discussed in the scientific literature. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 136 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Japan | 39 | 29% |
| China | 1 | <1% |
| Canada | 1 | <1% |
| Malaysia | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 94 | 69% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 136 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 36 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 36 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 8 | 22% |
| Researcher | 6 | 17% |
| Student > Bachelor | 5 | 14% |
| Other | 3 | 8% |
| Professor | 2 | 6% |
| Other | 3 | 8% |
| Unknown | 9 | 25% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 6 | 17% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 5 | 14% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 4 | 11% |
| Social Sciences | 3 | 8% |
| Computer Science | 2 | 6% |
| Other | 6 | 17% |
| Unknown | 10 | 28% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 111. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 20 August 2023.
All research outputs
#385,109
of 25,768,270 outputs
Outputs from Environmental Health
#113
of 1,618 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#2,686
of 208,581 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Environmental Health
#4
of 21 outputs
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