The effect of china's one-child family policy after 25 years

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 353, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1171-1176

  Hesketh, Therese ^a   Lu, Li ^b   Zhu, Wei Xing ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c ZHEJIANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRACEPTION; FAMILY COUNSELING; FEMALE STERILIZATION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MALE STERILIZATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; CHINA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION; INDUCED ABORTION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION GROWTH; PUBLIC OPINION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BIRTH RATE; CHINA; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; FAMILY PLANNING POLICY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POPULATION GROWTH; PUBLIC OPINION; SEX PRESELECTION; SEX RATIO;

EID: 24944518505     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMhpr051833     Document Type: Review

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