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This volume surveys the state of knowledge and research on the determinants of human reproduction. It adopts an inter-disciplinary approach and integrates information from demographic, epidemiological and biological studies of fertility.The chapters provide a comprehensive overview of reproductive processes, including puberty and menopause, conception and fetal loss, and the effects of sexually transmitted diseases and lactation. The volume also considers the effects on fertility of nutrition and stress, environmental and occupational hazards, and social behaviour, and includes clinical papers on fertility following contraceptive use and treatment of infertility. Findings from original research on the determinants of human reproduction are also presented.

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Author:   Ronald Gray (Professor, Department of Population Dynamics, Professor, Department of Population Dynamics, Johns Hopkins University) ,  Henri Leridon (Head of Department of Socio-demography, Head of Department of Socio-demography, National Institute for Demographic Studies, Paris) ,  Alfred Spira (Director, Public Health Research Unit, Director, Public Health Research Unit, INSERM)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Clarendon Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.50cm , Height: 3.40cm , Length: 24.20cm
Weight:   0.959kg
ISBN:  

9780198283713

ISBN 10:   0198283717
Pages:   504
Publication Date:   28 January 1993
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

PART I: INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW; 1. Introduction; 2. The relative contributions of biological and behavioural factors in determining natural fertility: A demographer's perspective; PART II: DEMOGRAPHIC AND BEHAVIOURAL DETERMINANTS OF REPRODUCTION; 3. The determinants of adolescent fertility with special reference to biological variables; 4. The relationship of age at menarche and fertility in undernourished adolescents; 5. Age at menopause and fecundity preceding menopause; 6. Coitus as demographic behaviour; PART III: BIOMEDICAL DETERMINANTS OF REPRODUCTION; 7. The pathophysiology and epidemiology of sexually transmitted diseases in relation to pelvic inflammatory disease and infertility; 8. A descriptive epidemiology of infertility in Costa Rica; 9. The effects of exercise and nutrition on the menstrual cycle; 10. Fertility following contraceptive use; 11. Toxic substances, conception, and pregnancy outcomes; PART IV: FECUNDABILITY; 12. Models of fecundability; 13. Age patterns of fecundability; PART V: INFERTILITY AND ASSISTED CONCEPTION; 14. Artificial insemination with frozen donor semen: A model to appreciate human fecundity; 15. Hormonal regulation in in Vitro fertilization; 16. Conception probability and pregnancy outcome in relation to age, cycle regularity, and timing of intercourse; PART VI: CAUSES AND FREQUENCY OF FETAL LOSS; 17. Biological causes of fetal loss; 18. Endocrine detection of conception and early fetal loss; 19. The relationship between reduced fecunadability and subsequent fetal loss; PART VII: POST-PARTUM INFECUNADABILITY AND THE ROLE OF LACTATION; 20. Fecundability and post-partum sterility: An insuperable interaction?; 21. Demographic research on lactational amenorrhoea; 22. Statistical evidence of links between maternal nutrition and post-partum infertility; 23. Maternal nutrition, infant feeding, and post-partum amenorrhoea: Recent evidence from Bangladesh; 24. Breastfeeding and fertility; 25. Breastfeeding and the length of post-partum amenorrhoea: A hazards model approach; 26. The return of ovarian function during lactation: Results of studies from the United States and the Philippines; 27. Post-partum sexual abstinence in tropical Africa; Index

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Provides a unique overview and insight. The contributors are eminent experts from all areas of reproduction research and population-based demography and epidemiology. . . . a comprehensive review . . . . the book's strength, which is also reflected in the studies and data materials presented, is that it is highly relevant for developing countries as well as for developed countries. I strongly recommend it. --Leiv S. Bakketeig, American Journal of Epidemiology determinants of reproduction

Provides a unique overview and insight. The contributors are eminent experts from all areas of reproduction research and population-based demography and epidemiology. . . . a comprehensive review . . . . the book's strength, which is also reflected in the studies and data materials presented, is that it is highly relevant for developing countries as well as for developed countries. I strongly recommend it. --Leiv S. Bakketeig, American Journal of Epidemiology determinants of reproduction Provides a unique overview and insight. The contributors are eminent experts from all areas of reproduction research and population-based demography and epidemiology. . . . a comprehensive review . . . . the book's strength, which is also reflected in the studies and data materials presented, is that it is highly relevant for developing countries as well as for developed countries. I strongly recommend it. --Leiv S. Bakketeig, American Journal of Epidemiology determinants of reproduction Provides a unique overview and insight. The contributors are eminent experts from all areas of reproduction research and population-based demography and epidemiology. . . . a comprehensive review . . . . the book's strength, which is also reflected in the studies and data materials presented, isthat it is highly relevant for developing countries as well as for developed countries. I strongly recommend it. --Leiv S. Bakketeig, American Journal of Epidemiology determinants of reproduction

<br> Provides a unique overview and insight. The contributors are eminent experts from all areas of reproduction research and population-based demography and epidemiology. . . . a comprehensive review . . . . the book's strength, which is also reflected in the studies and data materials presented, is that it is highly relevant for developing countries as well as for developed countries. I strongly recommend it. --Leiv S. Bakketeig, American Journal of Epidemiology determinants of reproduction<br>

Provides a unique overview and insight. The contributors are eminent experts from all areas of reproduction research and population-based demography and epidemiology. . . . a comprehensive review . . . . the book's strength, which is also reflected in the studies and data materials presented, is that it is highly relevant for developing countries as well as for developed countries. I strongly recommend it. --Leiv S. Bakketeig, American Journal of Epidemiology determinants of reproduction<br>

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