Differentials of fertility in North and South Gondar zones, northwest Ethiopia: A comparative cross-sectional study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Alene, Getu Degu ^a   Worku, Alemayehu ^a  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FEMALE SUBFERTILITY; HUMAN; MARRIAGE; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STATUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FERTILITY; HEALTH DISPARITY; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS;

ADULT; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 58149149913     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-397     Document Type: Article

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