Multiple maternities and neighborhood income

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 400-405

  Urquia, Marcelo Luis ^a   Frank, John William ^b   Glazier, Richard Henry ^c   Moineddin, Rahim ^d  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; TWIN PREGNANCY;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; ONTARIO; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 34247540417     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/twin.10.2.400     Document Type: Article

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