Effect of maternal age and fertility treatment on the Increase in multiple births in Japan: Vital statistics, 1974-2009

Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 507-511

  Ooki, Syuichi ^a  

^a ISHIKAWA PREFECTURAL NURSING UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fertility treatment; Iatrogenic multiple births; Maternal age; Multiple birth rate; Spontaneous multiple births

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; JAPAN; MATERNAL AGE; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; STATISTICS; VITAL STATISTICS;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MATERNAL AGE; MULTIPLE BIRTH OFFSPRING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; VITAL STATISTICS;

EID: 80053541922     PISSN: 09175040     EISSN: 13499092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2188/jea.JE20100189     Document Type: Article

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