Childbearing and women's survival: New evidence from rural Bangladesh

Population and Development Review

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 405-426

  Menken, Jane ^a   Duffy, Linda ^b   Kuhn, Randall ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILDBEARING; FAMILY PLANNING; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MORTALITY RISK;

BANGLADESH; MATLAB;

EID: 0242275172     PISSN: 00987921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1728-4457.2003.00405.x     Document Type: Article

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