Demographic transition in Southern Asia: Challenges and opportunities

Asia-Pacific Population Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 3-28

  Gubhaju, Bhakta B ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; AGING POPULATION; DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION; ELDERLY POPULATION; FERTILITY; MORTALITY;

SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 84870917186     PISSN: 0259238X     EISSN: 15644278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18356/d6a8c96b-en     Document Type: Article

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