The cognitive cost of being a twin: Evidence from comparisons within families in the Aberdeen children of the 1950s cohort study

British Medical Journal

Volumn 331, Issue 7528, 2005, Pages 1306-1309

  Ronalds, Georgina A ^a   De Stavola, Bianca L ^a   Leon, David A ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; COGNITION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS GROWTH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCOTLAND; TWINS;

EID: 28544446973     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.38633.594387.3A     Document Type: Article

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