Changes in marriage age and first birth interval in Huaning County, Yunnan Province, PR China

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1329-1338

  Löfstedt, Petra ^a   Ghilagaber, Gebrenegus ^b   Shusheng, Luo ^c   Johansson, Annika ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

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EID: 30344477681     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
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