Deliberate control in a natural fertility population: Southern Sweden, 1766-1864

Demography

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 727-746

  Bengtsson, Tommy ^a   Dribe, Martin ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 33845488916     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/dem.2006.0030     Document Type: Article

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