The political economy of missing girls in India

Sex-Selective Abortion in India: Gender, Society and New Reproductive Technologies

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 286-315

  Patel, Vibhuti ^a  

^a SNDT WOMEN S UNIVERSITY   (India)

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EID: 77950982985     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4135/9788178299587.n10     Document Type: Chapter

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