Taking chances, making choices: The tactical dimensions of "reproductive strategies" in Southwestern Nigeria

Medical Anthropology: Cross Cultural Studies in Health and Illness

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 229-254

  Cornwall, Andrea ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fertility; Nigeria; Reproductive choice; Women; Yoruba

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; NIGERIA; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NIGERIA; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; URBAN HEALTH; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 34547514085     PISSN: 01459740     EISSN: 15455882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01459740701457058     Document Type: Article

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