BACKGROUND: Sex differences in structural birth defects are often confounded by environmental risk factors. Opposite-sex twins provide a unique model for detecting sex differences in birth defects while maximally controlling environmental risk factors in a natural setting. METHODS: Population data f
Use of the correlation of liability in twins and siblings in the study of birth defects
โ Scribed by Newman, Thomas B. ;Browner, Warren S.
- Book ID
- 112217897
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1988
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 697 KB
- Volume
- 38
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0040-3709
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