Sex selection: The systematic elimination of girls

Reproductive Health Matters

Volumn 10, Issue 19, 2002, Pages 184-188

  Oomman, Nandin ^b   Ganatra, Bela R ^a  

^a IPAS   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COURT; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ETHICS; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INDIA; LAW; MEDICAL PROFESSION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; REVIEW; SEX DETERMINATION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0036589381     PISSN: 09688080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-8080(02)00029-0     Document Type: Article

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