The economic consequences of reproductive health and family planning

The Lancet

Volumn 380, Issue 9837, 2012, Pages 165-171

  Canning, David ^a   Schultz, T Paul ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH SPACING; BODY MASS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FAMILY PLANNING; FERTILITY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIRTH RATE; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INCOME; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIRTH RATE; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INCOME; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84863726262     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)60827-7     Document Type: Review

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