Potential bias regarding birth weight in historical and contemporary twin data bases

Twin Research

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 332-336

  Sadrzadeh, Sheda ^a   Treloar, Susan A ^b   Van Baal, G Caroline M ^c   Lambalk, Cornelis B ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIRTH WEIGHT; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MORPHOMETRICS; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; TWIN DISCORDANCE; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; BELGIUM; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BIRTH WEIGHT; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; REGISTRIES;

EID: 0035716508     PISSN: 13690523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/1369052012678     Document Type: Article

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