Sex ratio at birth in India, its relation to birth order, sex of previous children and use of indigenous medicine

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Manchanda, Samiksha ^a   Saikia, Bedangshu ^a   Gupta, Neeraj ^a   Chowdhary, Sona ^a   Puliyel, Jacob M ^a  

^a St Stephen's Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; PRIMIPARA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELECTIVE ABORTION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL SELECTION; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; AYURVEDA;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MEDICINE, AYURVEDIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX RATIO;

EID: 79958791226     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0020097     Document Type: Article

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