Preconception sex selection demand and preferences in the United States

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 468-473

  Dahl, Edgar ^a   Gupta, Ruchi S ^b   Beutel, Manfred ^c   Stoebel Richter, Yve ^d   Brosig, Burkhard ^e   Tinneberg, Hans Rudolf ^e   Jain, Tarun ^f,g  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^e JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethics; Gender preferences; Health policy; Law; MicroSort; Sex ratio; Sex selection; Social survey; Sperm sorting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERNET; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 31644431676     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2005.07.1320     Document Type: Article

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