Population based study of rates of multiple pregnancies in Denmark, 1980-94

British Medical Journal

Volumn 314, Issue 7083, 1997, Pages 775-779

  Westergaard, Tine ^a   Wohlfahrt, Jan ^a   Aaby, Peter ^a   Melbye, Mads ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY RESEARCH   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DENMARK; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; MATERNAL AGE; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PARITY; POPULATION; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIMIGRAVIDA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STILLBIRTH;

EID: 0030928453     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.314.7083.775     Document Type: Article

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