Is there a trade-off between fertility and longetivity? A comparative study of women from three large historical databases accounting for mortality selection

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 533-540

  Gagnon, Alain ^a   Smith, Ken R ^b   Tremblay, Marc ^c   Vézina, Hélène ^c   Paré, Paul Philippe ^a   Desjardins, Bertrand ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À CHICOUTIMI   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; MORTALITY; PARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PARITY; PREGNANCY; QUEBEC; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; UTAH;

EID: 70349393666     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20893     Document Type: Article

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