Sex selection: The right way forward

Human Reproduction

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 2343-2345

  Liu, P ^a   Rose, G A ^a  

^a London Gender Clinic   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; NOTE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; SEX DIAGNOSIS; SEX RATIO;

EID: 0030458844     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a019110     Document Type: Note

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