Studies on multiple births

The following list offers the references to selected studies on multiple births. Please note that this list is not exhaustive; it will be frequently updated. 

Bae, Hyewon, 2025, Trends in Multiple Births in Korea and Their Implications for Policy, Research in Brief, vol. 130, pp. 1–15, Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs.

Bdolah, Y. et al. 2008. Twin pregnancy and the risk of preeclampsia: bigger placenta or relative ischemia?, American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 198 (4): 428.e1–428.e6.

Bortolus, R. et al. 1999., The epidemiology of multiple births, Human Reproduction Update, 5 (2): 179–187.

Choi, Y., Bishai, D., Minkovitz, C.S., 2009, Multiple births are a risk factor for postpartum maternal depressive symptoms, Pediatrics, 123 (4): 1147–1154.

Couvert, N., 2011, Un siècle de démographie des jumeaux en France: fréquence, mortalité et parcours de vie, Thèse de doctorat, Université de Paris - Panthéon Sorbonne (Paris 1).

Dunn, A., Macfarlane, A., 1996, Recent trends in the incidence of multiple births and associated mortality in England and Wales, Archives of Disease in Childhood, 75: F10-F19.

Hoekstra, C. et al., 2008, Dizygotic twinning, Human Reproduction Update, 14(1): 37–47.

Imaizumi, Y., 1998, A Comparative Study of Twinning and Triplet Rayes in 17 countries, 1972-1996, Acta Genet Med Gemellol, 47: 101-114.

Imaizumi, Y., 1997, Trends of Twinning Rates in Ten Countries, 1972-1996, Acta Genet Med Gemellol, 46: 209-218.

Monden, C., Pison, G., Smits, J., 2021, Twin Peaks: more twinning in humans than ever before, Human Reproduction.

Pison, G., Monden, C., Smits, J., 2015, Twinning Rates in Developed Countries: Trends and Explanations, Population and Development Review, 41 (4): 629-649.

Pison, G., D’Addato, A.V., 2006, Frequency of Twin Births in Developed Countries, Twin Research and Human Genetics, 9 (2): 250-259.

Pison, G., Couvert, N., 2004, La fréquence des accouchements gémellaires en France, la triple influence de la biologie, de la médecine et des comportements familiaux, Population, 59 (6): 877-907.