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Whose reproductive value?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 May 2011

James S. Chisholm
Affiliation:
Division of Human Development and Family Studies, Department of Applied Behavioral Sciences, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, Electronic mail: jschisholm@ucdavis.edu

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Continuing Commentary
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1991

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