Technology for sex selection: Current status and utilization

Psychological Reports

Volumn 79, Issue 3 PART 1, 1996, Pages 728-730

  Steinbacher, Roberta ^a   Gilroy, Faith D ^b  

^a CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HUMAN; MALE; NEWBORN; PERSONALITY; PREGNANCY; SEX;

ADULT; BIRTH ORDER; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PERSONALITY; PREGNANCY; SEX; SEX PRESELECTION;

EID: 0030340341     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.1996.79.3.728     Document Type: Article

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