Behavior genetic modeling of human fertility: Findings from a contemporary Danish twin study

Demography

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 29-42

  Rodgers, Joseph Lee ^a   Kohler, Hans Peter ^b   Kyvik, Kirsten Ohm ^b   Christensen, Kaare ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRTH RATE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DENMARK; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; TWINS;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIRTH RATE; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MODELS, GENETIC; PREGNANCY; TWINS;

EID: 0035259022     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3088286     Document Type: Article

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