The unknown genocide: How one country's culture is destroying the girl child

International Journal of Nursing Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 65-68

  Sumner, Molly M ^a  

^a SEATTLE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Abortion; Female; Genocide; India

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INDIA; INDUCED ABORTION; INFANTICIDE; NEWBORN; STATISTICS;

ABORTION, INDUCED; CULTURE; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANTICIDE;

EID: 68549135141     PISSN: 13227114     EISSN: 1440172X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-172X.2009.01727.x     Document Type: Article

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