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Mortality among twins after age 6: fetal origins hypothesis versus twin method

18 Feb 1995

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Abstract Objective : To test the validity of the fetal origins hypothesis and the classic twin method. Design : Follow up study of pairs of same sex twins in which both twins survived to age 6. Setting : Denmark. Subjects : 8495 twin individuals born 1870-1900, followed through to 31 December 1991. Main outcome measures : Mortality calculated on a cohort basis. Results : Mortality among twins and the general...

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PMID: 7873948
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.310.6977.432

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