Abnormal sex ratios in human populations: Causes and consequences

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 103, Issue 36, 2006, Pages 13271-13275

  Hesketh, Therese ^a   Xing, Zhu Wei ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ZHEJIANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Asia; Sex ratio; Son preference

Indexed keywords

ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ASIA; BOY; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MORTALITY; NORTH AFRICA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; REVIEW; SELECTIVE ABORTION; SEX RATIO; SEXISM; SOUTH KOREA; VIOLENCE; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ASIA; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANTICIDE; LEGISLATION; MALE; POPULATION; PREGNANCY; PUBLIC POLICY; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX PRESELECTION; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

EID: 33748590003     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0602203103     Document Type: Review

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