Social age deadlines for the childbearing of women and men

Human Reproduction

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 616-622

  Billari, F C ^a   Goisis, A ^a,b   Liefbroer, A C ^c,d   Settersten, R A ^e   Aassve, A ^a   Hagestad, G ^f   Spder, Z ^g  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^c NETHERLANDS INTERDISCIPLINARY DEMOGRAPHIC INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f NORWEGIAN SOCIAL RESEARCH NOVA   (Norway)

^g Demographic Research Institute of the HCSO   (Hungary)

Author keywords

assisted reproductive technology; fertility; life course; maternal age; paternal age

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSISTED REPRODUCTION TECHNIQUE; CHILD REARING; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY;

EID: 79951569165     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deq360     Document Type: Article

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