Demographic analysis of the variation in the rates of multiple maternities in Sweden since 1751

Human Biology

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 343-359

  Eriksson, Aldur W ^a   Fellman, Johan ^a  

^a FOLKHÄLSAN INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Finland)

Author keywords

Crude birth rate; Finland; Hellin's law; Maternal age; Parity; Standardization; Sweden; Triplet rate; Twinning rate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL AGE; MIGRATION; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PARITY; SITTING; SOCIOECONOMICS; STRESS; SWEDEN; TWIN PREGNANCY; URBANIZATION;

EID: 4644234078     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hub.2004.0044     Document Type: Article

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