Procreative liberty: The case for preconception sex selection

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 380-384

  Dahl, Edgar ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gender preferences; Preconception sex selection; Procreative liberty; Sex ratio distortion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BEHAVIOR; CONCEPTION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENDER; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; SELECTIVE ABORTION; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL ASPECT; STEREOTYPY;

EID: 0345307089     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)61880-9     Document Type: Note

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