Temporal trends in the frequency of twins and higher-order multiple births in Canada and the United States

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Fell, Deshayne B ^a   Joseph, K S ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Multiple births; Triplets; Twins

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; CANADA; HUMAN; LIVE BIRTH; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; TREND STUDY; TWINS; UNITED STATES;

BIRTH RATE; CANADA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL AGE; MULTIPLE BIRTH OFFSPRING; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TWINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84866660607     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-12-103     Document Type: Article

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