Sex, breastfeeding, and marital fertility in pretransition China

Population and Development Review

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 289-320

  Lavely, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREASTFEEDING; DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION; FECUNDITY; FERTILITY; POPULATION GROWTH; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; EUROPE; FAR EAST;

EID: 34249864460     PISSN: 00987921     EISSN: 17284457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1728-4457.2007.00170.x     Document Type: Article

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