Interpreting trends in fecundity over time

BMJ

Volumn 336, Issue 7640, 2008, Pages 339-340

  Bonde, Jens Peter Ellekilde ^a   Olsen, Jørn ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRTH RATE; CONTRACEPTION; CULTURAL FACTOR; DENMARK; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; UNITED STATES;

FEMALE; FERTILITY; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; MALE;

EID: 39749111182     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.39463.522708.80     Document Type: Editorial

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