The west Japan twins and higher order multiple births registry

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 231-236

  Yokoyama, Yoshie ^a  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Japan; triplets; twins

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD HEALTH; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN GENETICS; JAPAN; MATERNAL WELFARE; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER; TWINS; WEST JAPAN TWINS AND HIGHER ORDER MULTIPLE BIRTHS REGISTRY; ZYGOSITY;

BIRTH RATE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAPAN; MULTIPLE BIRTH OFFSPRING; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; TWINS;

EID: 84873897694     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/thg.2012.82     Document Type: Article

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