Twin births in Singapore: A population-based study using the National Birth Registry

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 195-199

  Chia, Kee Seng ^a   Lee, J J M ^a   Cheung, P ^b   Cheung, K H ^a   Seielstad, M ^c   Wilcox, M M ^a   Liu, E ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b Singapore Department of Statistics   (Singapore)

^c GENOME INSTITUTE OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Birth rates; Epidemiology; Registry; Twins

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; CHINESE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INDIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONGOLOID RACE; NEWBORN; REGISTER; SINGAPORE; TWINS;

EID: 2542441419     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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