China's population: New trends and challeges

Population Bulletin

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 1-36

  Riley, Nancy E ^a  

^a BOWDOIN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRTH RATE; ECONOMIC GROWTH; FERTILITY; HEALTH CARE; LABOR MIGRATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION POLICY; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; EUROPE; FAR EAST; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33750741165     PISSN: 0032468X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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