Influences on achieving motor milestones: A twin-singleton study

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 424-430

  Brouwer, Silvia I ^a   Van Beijsterveldt, Toos C E M ^a   Bartels, Meike ^a   Hudziak, James J ^b   Boomsma, Dorret I ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SITTING; STANDING; TWIN PREGNANCY; TWINS; WALKING; ZYGOSITY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIRTH ORDER; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; NETHERLANDS; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDERS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 33745748019     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/183242706777591191     Document Type: Article

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