Projections of population-based twinning rates through the year 2100

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 913-921

  Oleszczuk, Jaroslaw J ^a   Keith, Donald M ^b   Keith, Louis G ^c,d  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LUBLIN   (Poland)

^b Center for Study of Multiple Birth   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Twin studies; Twins; Twins, dizygotic; Twins, monozygotic

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA BASE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MODEL; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; OVULATION INDUCTION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TWIN PREGNANCY;

EID: 0032732387     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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