Female feticide as a contemporary cultural practice in the Punjab

Dialectical Anthropology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 203-213

  Gill, Gurjeet K ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

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EID: 24644441659     PISSN: 03044092     EISSN: 15730786     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006950532247     Document Type: Article

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