Time trends in the natural dizygotic twinning rate

Human Reproduction

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2247-2252

  Derom, Catherine ^a   Gielen, Marij ^b,c   Peeters, Hilde ^a   Frijns, Jean Pierre ^a   Zeegers, Maurice P A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

dizygotic; fecundity; time trend; twins

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BELGIUM; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY RATE;

EID: 79960498845     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/der180     Document Type: Article

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