Community perceptions on causes of high dizygotic twinning rate in Igbo-Ora, South-west Nigeria: A qualitative study

• Akhere A. Omonkhua ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Akhere A. Omonkhua, Friday E. Okonofua, Lorretta F. C. Ntoimo

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Medical Biochemistry, School of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria, Centre of Excellence in Reproductive Health Innovation (CERHI), University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0905-0181

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• Friday E. Okonofua ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Akhere A. Omonkhua, Friday E. Okonofua, Lorretta F. C. Ntoimo

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: feokonofua@yahoo.co.uk

  Affiliations Centre of Excellence in Reproductive Health Innovation (CERHI), University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, School of Medicine, University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria, Women’s Health and Action Research Centre (WHARC), Benin City, Nigeria

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8777-2606

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• Lorretta F. C. Ntoimo ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Akhere A. Omonkhua, Friday E. Okonofua, Lorretta F. C. Ntoimo

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Demography and Social Statistics, Federal University Oye-Ekiti, Oye-Ekiti, Nigeria

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• Austin I. Aruomaren ,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work

  Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, School of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria

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• Ayodeji M. Adebayo ,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work

  Affiliation Ibarapa Programme, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria

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• Roseangela Nwuba

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Medical Sciences, Ondo, Nigeria

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6570-9553

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