Sex Differences in Infant Mortality: A Population Data Linkage Study of Brazilian Male-Female Twin Pairs

Introduction Epidemiological studies of twin pairs provide researchers with the opportunity to better understand the roles of genetics and the environment on human traits and health conditions. Twin births are also of interest for public health, given they are five times more likely to be of low bi...

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Main Authors: Lucas Calais-Ferreira, Everton Mendonça, Marcos E Barreto, Gillian M Dite, Martha Hickey, Paulo H Ferreira, Katrina J Scurrah, John L Hopper
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Swansea University 2020-12-01
Series:International Journal of Population Data Science
Online Access:https://ijpds.org/article/view/1578