Biological and behavioral determinants of fertility in Tierra del Fuego

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 105-113

  Pascual, J ^a   Garcia Moro C E ^a   Hernandez M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biodemography; Chile; Human fertility; Path analysis; Proximate determinants

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONCEPTION; CONTRACEPTION; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; INFANT; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MENARCHE; PATH ANALYSIS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREGNANCY;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILE; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MATERNAL AGE; MENARCHE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REPRODUCTIVE HISTORY;

EID: 17244372040     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20065     Document Type: Article

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