The comparison of twinning rates between urban and rural areas in China

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 633-637

  Gan, Jian Ping ^a   Wu, Zhong Hua ^a   Tu, Zhi Ming ^b   Zheng, Jian ^a  

^a HUANGGANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; TWIN PREGNANCY; TWIN ZYGOSITY; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH RATE; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; RURAL POPULATION; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; URBAN POPULATION; VITAL STATISTICS;

EID: 34548276007     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/twin.10.4.633     Document Type: Article

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