Statistical analysis of the seasonal variation in the twinning rate

Twin Research

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 22-29

  Fellman, Johan ^a   Eriksson, Aldur W ^a  

^a FOLKHÄLSAN INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Finland)

Author keywords

Denmark; Deseasonality; Fecundity; Legitimacy; Multiple maternities; Rural contra urban; Secular variation; Trigonometric regression; Twinning rate; Walter Elwood model

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DENMARK; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMAN; ILLEGITIMACY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TWIN PREGNANCY; URBAN AREA;

BIRTH RATE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DENMARK; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; ILLEGITIMACY; MARITAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL POPULATION; SEASONS; SUPEROVULATION; SWITZERLAND; TWINS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0033003721     PISSN: 13690523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/136905299320566077     Document Type: Article

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