Effects of Infant Mortality, Family Planning and Socioeconomic Factors on Fertility Reduction in Developing Countries

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 39-43

  Shimouchi, Akira ^a   Hayashi, Kyohei ^a   Ozasa, Kotaro ^a   Watanabe, Yoshiyuki ^a   Kawai, Keiichi ^b  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b WEST JAPAN RAILWAY COMPANY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Demographic transition; Developing countries; Fertility; Infant mortality

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842837504     PISSN: 1342078X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02931171     Document Type: Article

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