Influences on women's reproductive lives: Unexpected ecological underpinnings

Cross-Cultural Research

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 201-219

  Low, Bobbi S ^a,b   Hazel, Ashley ^a   Parker, Nicholas ^a   Welch, Kathleen B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Dana Building G142a ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Demography; Development; Fertility; Life history

Indexed keywords

EID: 46749124660     PISSN: 10693971     EISSN: 15523578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1069397108317669     Document Type: Article

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