The New Danish Twin Register: Establishment and analysis of twinning rates;Den yngste del af Det Danske Tvillingregister: Etablering og analyse af zygotispecifikke tvillingfødselsrater

Ugeskrift for Laeger

Volumn 158, Issue 24, 1996, Pages 3456-3460

  Kyvik, Kirsten Ohm ^a   Green, Anders ^a   Beck Nielsen, Henning ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DENMARK; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER; TWINS; ZYGOTE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; TWINS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; ZYGOTE;

EID: 0030578104     PISSN: 00415782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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