Assisted reproduction and gender selection: "Why boys?"

International Journal of Fertility and Women's Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 11-13

  Confino, Edmond ^a   Kazer, Ralph R ^a   Zhang, John X ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHINA; CHORION VILLUS SAMPLING; CULTURAL FACTOR; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENDER; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANTICIDE; MORALITY; MOTIVATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTS; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; SEX PRESELECTION; SOCIAL CONTROL, FORMAL;

EID: 33645096278     PISSN: 1534892X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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