Determinants of High Sex Ratio among Newborns: A Cohort Study from Rural Anhui Province, China

Reproductive Health Matters

Volumn 14, Issue 27, 2006, Pages 172-180

  Wu, Zhuochun ^a   Viisainen, Kirsi ^b   Hemminki, Elina ^b  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

China; family planning; induced abortion; rural area; sex ratio at birth

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CHILD WELFARE; CHINA; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MALE; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; SEX RATIO;

ABORTION, INDUCED; CHINA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; SEX RATIO;

EID: 33646522193     PISSN: 09688080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-8080(06)27222-7     Document Type: Article

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