James W. Wood

Dynamics of Human Reproduction

Biology, Biometry, Demography

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Awarded the W. W. Howells Award for the Outstanding Book in Biological Anthropology, this volume presents a comprehensive, integrated, and up-to-date overview of the major physiological and behavioral factors affecting human reproduction

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 670
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Dezember 1994
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 36mm
• Gewicht: 954g
• ISBN-13: 9780202011806
• ISBN-10: 0202011801
• Artikelnr.: 22009771

Autorenporträt

James W. Wood

Inhaltsangabe

I: Natural Fertility
1: Introduction
2: Patterns of Natural Fertility
3: Frameworks for Analyzing the Determinants of Natural Fertility
II: The Proximate Determinants of Natural Fertility
4: Ovarian Cycles and the Fertile Period
5: Conception, Implantation, and Pregnancy
6: Fetal Loss
7: Fecundability and Coital Frequency
8: Breastfeeding and Postpartum Infecundability
9: Menarche and Menopause
10: The Onset of Permanent Sterility
11: Marriage and the Male Contribution
III: Beyond the Proximate Determinants
12: Extensions and Elaborations