Sex selection: Laissez faire or family balancing?

Health Care Analysis

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 87-90

  Dahl, Edgar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Public policy; Sex ratio; Sex selection; Sperm sorting

Indexed keywords

DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EMBRYOLOGY; FAMILY PLANNING; FERTILIZATION; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; ORGANIZATION; REVIEW; SEX DETERMINATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TECHNIQUE; UNITED KINGDOM;

GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION;

BIOETHICAL ISSUES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; SEX PRESELECTION; SEX RATIO;

EID: 17844391047     PISSN: 10653058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10728-005-2572-6     Document Type: Review

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