The ecology of low natural fertility in Ladakh

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 457-480

  Wiley, Andrea S ^a  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOLOGY; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FEMALE STERILITY; HUMAN; INDIA; MARRIAGE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARITY; POPULATION RESEARCH;

AGE SPECIFIC FERTILITY RATE; ASIA; BIRTH RATE; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FERTILITY; FERTILITY DETERMINANTS; FERTILITY MEASUREMENTS; FERTILITY RATE; INDIA; LOW FERTILITY POPULATION--DETERMINANTS; NATURAL FERTILITY; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESEARCH REPORT; SOUTHERN ASIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH RATE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECOLOGY; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFERTILITY; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0031728458     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002193209800457X     Document Type: Article

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