Indian feminists debate the efficacy of policy reform: The Maharashtra ban on sex-determination tests

Social Politics

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 314-337

  Everett, Jana ^a  

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EID: 0032221785     PISSN: 10724745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sp/5.3.314     Document Type: Article

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