CONTENTS

EDITORIALS

Ceremony Honouring Dr Mourant

The Children Act 1989

Marriage and Fertility

The Outcome of Assisted Conception - Pregnancies, Births and Malformations

Mortality in Developing Countries

ARTICLES

Gestational Age at First Presentation and Eligibility for Prenatal Diagnostic Services

The Attitude of Fertile Nigerian Women to Sterilization

Socioeconomic Factors and Effect on Fertility of Husband-Wife Separation due to Migration

BOOK REVIEWS

Gould, Stephen Jay. Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History

Biswas, Margaret and Pinstrup-Anderson, Per (Eds.). Nutrition and Development

Heath, Donald and Williams, David Reid. High-Altitude Medicine and Pathology

Scriver, Charles R. and Childs, Barton. Garrod’s Inborn Factors in Disease

Garnsey, Peter. Famine and Food Supply in the Graeco-Roman World: Responses to risks and crisis

Plomin, Robert, DeFries, J. C. and McCleam, G. E. Behavioral Genetics. A Primer

Facchini, Fiorenzo.  Evolution, Man and Environment

Brambati, B., Simoni G. and Fabro, S. (Editors). Chorionic Villus Sampling. Fetal Diagnosis of Genetic Diseases in the First Trimester

ANNOTATIONS

A Digest of Items from Recent Journals