Predictors of fecundability and conception waits among the Dogon of Mali

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 167-184

  Strassmann, Beverly I ^a   Warner, John H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth interval; Demography; Fertility; Menstrual cycle; Sahel; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CONCEPTION; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; HUMAN; LACTATION; MALI; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY; SURVIVAL;

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE FACTORS; BREAST FEEDING; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FECUNDABILITY--DETERMINANTS; FECUNDITY; FERTILITY; FERTILITY MEASUREMENTS; FERTILIZATION; FRENCH SPEAKING AFRICA; HEALTH; INFANT NUTRITION; MALI; MARITAL STATUS; NUPTIALITY; NUTRITION; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREGNANCY RATE; REPRODUCTION; RESEARCH REPORT; TIME FACTORS; WESTERN AFRICA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BIRTH INTERVALS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; HUMANS; LACTATION; MALE; MALI; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PARITY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031935836     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199802)105:2<167::AID-AJPA5>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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