Too many males in China: The causes and the consequences

Significance

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 9-13

  Hesketh, Thérèse ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 62749166409     PISSN: 17409705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-9713.2009.00335.x     Document Type: Article

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