Global population trends and policy options

The Lancet

Volumn 380, Issue 9837, 2012, Pages 142-148

  Ezeh, Alex C ^a   Bongaarts, John ^b   Mberu, Blessing ^a  

^a AFRICAN POPULATION AND HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER   (Kenya)

^b POPULATION COUNCIL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHINA; CONTRACEPTION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY PLANNING; FERTILITY; GROWTH RATE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INCOME; INDIA; INDONESIA; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MORTALITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NORTH AFRICA; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL STATUS; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; TREND STUDY; UNWANTED PREGNANCY; WELLBEING; BIRTH RATE; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; FORECASTING; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICS;

BIRTH RATE; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FERTILITY; FORECASTING; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; POPULATION GROWTH;

EID: 84863726198     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)60696-5     Document Type: Review

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