Challenges in recruiting older twins for the Sri Lankan twin registry

Twin Research

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 67-71

  Sumathipala, Athula ^a   Siribaddana, Sisira H ^b   Abeysingha, Nihal M R ^c   De Silva, Nimali ^d   Fernando, Devaka J S ^e   Dayaratne, D A R K ^f   De Silva, Deepthi ^g   Warnasuriya, Narada D ^e   Hotop, Mathew ^h  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Sri Jayewardenepura General Hospital   (Sri Lanka)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Sri Lanka)

^d Sri Lankan Twin Registry   (Sri Lanka)

^e Faculty of Medical Sciences   (Sri Lanka)

^f GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Sri Lanka)

^g UNIVERSITY OF KELANIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^h KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MIGRATION; POSTAL MAIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER; SAMPLE; TWIN PREGNANCY; TWINS; URBANIZATION;

BIRTH CERTIFICATES; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; SRI LANKA; TWINS;

EID: 0037321366     PISSN: 13690523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/136905203762687924     Document Type: Article

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