Twinning rates according to maternal birthweight

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 591-597

  Nohr, Ellen A ^a   Rasmussen, Steen ^b   Ramlau Hansen, C H ^c   Olsen, Jorn ^a,d  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b Sundhedsstyrelsen   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Maternal birthweight; Multiple birth; Twinning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMAN; MOTHER; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERM BIRTH; TWIN PREGNANCY; BIRTH RATE; BODY WEIGHT; FOLLOW UP; MALE; PARITY; PREGNANCY; THEORETICAL MODEL; TWINS;

BIRTH RATE; BODY WEIGHT; DENMARK; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN DIABETICS; TWINS;

EID: 74949112805     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/twin.12.6.591     Document Type: Article

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