Natural fertility and longevity

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1109-1116

  Gagnon, Alain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Demography; longevity; menarche; menopause; parity

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; BIRTH CONTROL; CHILDBIRTH; COITUS INTERRUPTUS; CONCEPTION; FEMALE FERTILITY; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MENARCHE; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SENESCENCE; SEXUAL ABSTINENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SURVIVAL; ADULT; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; TIME;

ADULT; AGING; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; MATERNAL AGE; MENARCHE; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PARITY; PREGNANCY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84929429775     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2015.03.030     Document Type: Review

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