Effects of Sex Preference on Contraceptive Use, Abortion and Fertility in Matlab, Bangladesh

International Family Planning Perspectives

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 137-143

  Bairagi, Radheshyam ^a  

^a ICDDR B Centre for Health and Population Research   (Bangladesh)

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EID: 0008874408     PISSN: 01622749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2673835     Document Type: Article

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