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The Influence of the Age of the Parent at Birth of Child on Eye-Colour, Stature and Intelligence

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

R. J. Ewart
R. J. Ewart
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Medical Officer of Health, Barking Town, E.
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We have already considered, in previous papers, the influence of parental age, on birth, marriage, sex, susceptibility, and reaction to bacterial invasion, evidence having been produced which lends support to the belief that this factor does modify the organism in its behaviour with respect to the attributes considered. It is therefore reasonable to extend the enquiry, and examine whether these variations are accompanied by modifications in structural attributes. In the present paper the characters studied are, eye-colour, stature and intelligence.

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Research Article
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Journal of Hygiene , Volume 16 , Issue 1 , July 1917 , pp. 12 - 35
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1917

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