Oil Extraction and Indigenous Livelihoods in the Northern Ecuadorian Amazon
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Delayed fertility transition among indigenous women in the Ecuadorian Amazon.
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عنوان ژورنال: World Development
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0305-750X
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2015.10.035