Approaches to the fertility transition in victorian England

Population Studies

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1987, Pages 283-311

  Woods, R I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

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ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; UNITED KINGDOM;

DEMOGRAPHY; GREAT BRITAIN; HISTORY OF MEDICINE, MODERN; STATISTICS;

EID: 0023522938     PISSN: 00324728     EISSN: 14774747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0032472031000142806     Document Type: Article

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