Population policies, programmes and the environment

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 364, Issue 1532, 2009, Pages 3049-3065

  Speidel, J Joseph ^a   Weiss, Deborah C ^b   Ethelston, Sally A ^c   Gilbert, Sarah M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b POPULATION COUNCIL   (United States)

^c PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative   (United States)

Author keywords

Environment; Family planning; Natural resources; Population; Reproductive health

Indexed keywords

BIRTH RATE; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; FAMILY PLANNING; FOOD CONSUMPTION; HEALTH EXPENDITURE; NATURAL RESOURCE; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION POLICY; PREGNANCY; PUBLIC ACCESS; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RESOURCE USE;

EID: 70350436504     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2009.0162     Document Type: Article

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