China's one child policy

British Medical Journal

Volumn 333, Issue 7564, 2006, Pages 361-362

  Potts, Malcolm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRTH CONTROL; BIRTH RATE; CHINA; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDITORIAL; FAMILY PLANNING; FERTILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; MEDICAL EXPERT; POPULATION GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELECTIVE ABORTION; SOUTH KOREA; TAIWAN; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; ONLY CHILD;

CHINA; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; ONLY CHILD;

EID: 33747601668     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.38938.412593.80     Document Type: Editorial

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