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The Influence of the Age of the Parent at the Birth of Offspring on the Age at which they are attacked by some of the Zymotic Diseases, with special reference to the Epidemiology of Scarlet Fever

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

R. J. Ewart
R. J. Ewart
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(From the Statistical Department of the Lister Institute.)
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In a previous paper (1912) a rough analysis of certain statistical data was made which seemed to show that the age of the parent at the birth of the offspring was a factor in its susceptibility to the Zymotic Diseases.

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Journal of Hygiene , Volume 15 , Issue 2 , January 1916 , pp. 208 - 256
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1916

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