Distortions of sex ratios at birth in the United States; evidence for prenatal gender selection

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 560-565

  Egan, James F X ^a   Campbell, Winston A ^a   Chapman, Audrey ^a   Shamshirsaz, Alireza A ^a   Gurram, Padmalatha ^a   Benn, Peter A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Male sex selection; Prenatal diagnosis; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; BIRTH ORDER; CHINESE; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; FILIPINO; HUMAN; INDIAN; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; UNITED STATES;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BIRTH ORDER; ETHNIC GROUPS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PARTURITION; POPULATION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX PRESELECTION; SEX RATIO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79956285407     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: 10970223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.2747     Document Type: Article

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