Relationship between decreasing fertility during the post-war period and maternal age in Japanese population

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 202, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 221-226

  Kaneko, Mariko ^a   Ali, Moazzam ^a   Ushijima, Hiroshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fertility decline; Late child bearing; Maternal age at first birth; Maternal age at last birth

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MOTHER; SAMPLE SIZE; WAR;

ADOLESCENT; BIRTH ORDER; BIRTH RATE; CHILD; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WAR;

EID: 1842856096     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.202.221     Document Type: Article

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