Relationship of maternal body mass index and height to twinning

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 593-597

  Reddy, Uma M ^a   Branum, Amy M ^a   Klebanoff, Mark A ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERTILITY PROMOTING AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; TWIN PREGNANCY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 13944266775     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000153491.09525.dd     Document Type: Article

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