The effects of artificial gender imbalance

EMBO Reports

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 487-492

  Hesketh, Therese ^a   Min, Jiang Min ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ZHEJIANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL TOXIN; TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGING; ARTIFICIAL GENDER IMBALANCE; ASIAN; BIRTH ORDER; BIRTH RATE; CHINA; COITUS; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASES; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY PLANNING; FAMILY SIZE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; INDIA; INHERITANCE; LICENCE; MORTALITY; OCCUPATION; PARENT; PARENTAL AGE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; RACE; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STATUS; SOUTH KOREA;

ASIA; CIVIL DISORDERS; CULTURE; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEX PRESELECTION; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 84861875269     PISSN: 1469221X     EISSN: 14693178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/embor.2012.62     Document Type: Review

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