Natural Human Fertility

Main contents

Introduction

1. The Enigma of Human Fecundity

Roger V. Short

2. Determinants of Fertility in Wild Gorillas and Other Primates

Kelly J. Stewart, Alexander H. Harcourt and D.P. Watts

3. Fertility in Traditional Societies

Kenneth L. Campbell and James W. Wood

4. Natural Fertility in Pre-industrial Europe

Richard M. Smith

5. The Biology of Puberty

F.C.W. Wu

6. Lactation and the Return of Ovulation

Alan S. McNeilly, P.W. Howie and Anna Glasier

7. Historical Changes in Patterns of Breastfeeding

Valerie Fildes

8. Role of Immunity in Control of Fertility

James Mowbray

9. Malnutrition and Fertility

Peter G. Lunn

10. Disease and Effects on Fertility

Ian D. Cooke

11. Fertility and its Effects on Health

Malcolm C. Pike