Sex selection in practice among Hong Kong Chinese

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 393-397

  Wong, S F ^a   Ho, L C ^a  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Hong Kong Chinese; Sex ratio; Sex selection; Sex selective abortion

Indexed keywords

ETHNICITY; FERTILITY; PREGNANCY; SEX RATIO;

ABORTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; CHINESE; DELIVERY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPARA; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENT; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL ASPECT;

CHINA; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX PRESELECTION; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

CHINA;

EID: 0035012336     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(00)00306-3     Document Type: Article

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