Trends in the probability of twins and males in California, 1983-2003

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 93-102

  Hardin, Jill ^a,b   Carmichael, Suzan L ^a   Selvin, Steve ^b   Shaw, Gary M ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OAKLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Maternal race ethnicity; Parity; Probability of male; Twins

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BIRTH; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; BIRTH ORDER; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEATH; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; PARENTAL AGE; PARITY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; TREND STUDY; TWINS; UNITED STATES; VITAL STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH RATE; CALIFORNIA; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TWINS;

EID: 60849093210     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/twin.12.1.93     Document Type: Article

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