Demographic determinants of the sex ratio at birth in the Saguenay population, Quebec

Population

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 383-394

  Tremblay, Marc ^a   Vézina, Hélène ^a   Houde, Louis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À CHICOUTIMI   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRTH RATE; DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SEX RATIO;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA]; SAGUENAY;

EID: 33750621663     PISSN: 16342941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3246679     Document Type: Article

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