Europe's population at a turning point

Science

Volumn 299, Issue 5615, 2003, Pages 1991-1992

  Lutz, Wolfgang ^a,b   O'Neill, Brian C ^c   Scherbov, Sergei ^a,b  

^a VIENNA INSTITUTE OF DEMOGRAPHY   (Austria)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POPULATION DYNAMICS;

AGING; DEMOGRAPHY; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SUBFERTILITY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; FAMILY PLANNING; FAMILY SIZE; FERTILITY; MATERNAL AGE; POLICY; POPULATION DENSITY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BIRTH RATE; EUROPE; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY PLANNING POLICY; FERTILITY; HUMANS; MATERNAL AGE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PUBLIC POLICY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0037471163     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1080316     Document Type: Short Survey

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