Population challenges for Bangladesh in the coming decades

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 261-272

  Streatfield, Peter Kim ^a   Karar, Zunaid Ahsan ^a  

^a ICDDRB Public Health Sciences Division   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Age factor; Ageing; Bangladesh; Child survival; Climate change; Family planning; Fertility; Population growth; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CATERING SERVICE; CHILD; CLIMATE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFANT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; POLICY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION GROWTH; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STANDARD; URBANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; AGRICULTURE; BANGLADESH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLIMATE; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FAMILY PLANNING POLICY; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION GROWTH; POVERTY; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIAL PLANNING; URBANIZATION;

EID: 54549093904     PISSN: 16060997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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