Sex selection: The case for

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 171, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 373-375

  Savulescu, Julian ^a,b  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CHILDBIRTH; FAMILY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENDER; HUMAN; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; NEWBORN; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT;

EID: 0033523679     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1999.tb123697.x     Document Type: Review

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