Is breast-feeding a substitute for contraception in family planning?

Demography

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 497-512

  Rous, Jeffrey J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CONTRACEPTION; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; PHILIPPINES; PREGNANCY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; CONTRACEPTION; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMAN; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; PHILIPPINES; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0035512151     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3088314     Document Type: Article

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