Twin Peaks: A spatial and temporal study of twinning rates in Brazil.

Twin births are an important public health issue due to health complications for both mother and children. While it is known that contemporary factors have drastically changed the epidemiology of twins in certain developed countries, in Brazil, relevant data are still scarce. Thus, we carried out a...

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Main Authors: Augusto César Cardoso-Dos-Santos, Juliano Boquett, Marcelo Zagonel de Oliveira, Sidia Maria Callegari-Jacques, Márcia Helena Barbian, Maria Teresa Vieira Sanseverino, Ursula Matte, Lavínia Schuler-Faccini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6054405?pdf=render