Trends in fertility: What does the 20th century tell us about the 21st?

Reproductive Ageing

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 41-58

  Hoorens, Stijn ^a  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

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EID: 84889087868     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781107784734.007     Document Type: Chapter

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