Variations in Vietnamese marriages, births and infant deaths by months of the Julian calendar and years of the Vietnamese and Chinese astrological calendars

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 367-377

  Thang, Nguyen Minh ^a   Swenson, Ingrid ^b  

^a Natl Comm for Pop and Fam Plan   (Viet Nam)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CHILD; CHILD DEATH; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MYSTICISM; PLANNING; SEASON; VIET NAM;

EID: 0029895802     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0021932000022434     Document Type: Article

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