The impact of malaria eradication on fertility

Economic Development and Cultural Change

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 607-631

  Lucas, Adrienne M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FERTILITY; INFANT MORTALITY; MALARIA; PARASITE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

SRI LANKA;

ANOPHELES (GENUS);

EID: 84876555010     PISSN: 00130079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/669261     Document Type: Article

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