Has fertility declined from mid-1990s to mid-2000s?

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 92, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1284-1289

  Rostad, Berit ^a   Schmidt, Lone ^b   Sundby, Johanne ^c   Schei, Berit ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Fertility status; fertility trends; population based

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CHILDLESSNESS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FEMALE SUBFERTILITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MARRIAGE; NORWAY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; POPULATION RISK; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

FERTILITY STATUS; FERTILITY TRENDS; POPULATION-BASED;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BIRTH RATE; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMOKING;

EID: 84886935731     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aogs.12224     Document Type: Article

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