Age at marriage, maternal age and caesarean delivery of first birth in the northern region of Bangladesh: A study on curve estimation

Man in India

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 93-113

  Rahman, Mostafizur ^a   Shariff, Asma Ahmad ^a   Saaid, Rahmah ^a   Shafie, Aziz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Age at marriage; Curve estimation; K S test; Live birth order; Maternal age; Model validation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877748904     PISSN: 00251569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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