Seasonality in twin births
- 1 January 1976
- journal article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Annals of Human Biology
- Vol. 3 (2) , 193-195
- https://doi.org/10.1080/03014467600001321
Abstract
Twin births have occurred seasonally in England and Wales since 1940. The probability of a twin birth is highest in November and lowest in May. The difference between the two probabilities is of the order of seven per cent.Keywords
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