Skewed sex ratio at birth in India

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 83-97

  Seth, Swapan ^a  

^a GOKHALE INSTITUTE OF POLITICS AND ECONOMICS   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH; CONSANGUINITY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT MORTALITY; MALE; NEWBORN; REFERENCE VALUE; RURAL POPULATION; SEX RATIO; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CONSANGUINITY; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PARTURITION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REFERENCE VALUES; RURAL POPULATION; SEX RATIO; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 75349095423     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: 14697599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932009990253     Document Type: Article

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