Title of article
Low male-to-female sex ratio of children born in India: national survey of 1•1 million households
Author/Authors
Prabhat Jha، نويسنده , , Rajesh Kumar، نويسنده , , Priya Vasa، نويسنده , , Neeraj Dhingra، نويسنده , , Deva Thiruchelvam، نويسنده , , Rahim Moineddin، نويسنده ,
Issue Information
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2006
Pages
8
From page
211
To page
218
Abstract
Background
Fewer girls than boys are born in India. Various hypotheses have been proposed to explain this low sex ratio. Our aim was to ascertain the contribution of prenatal sex determination and selective abortion as measured by previous birth sex.
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Journal title
The Lancet
Serial Year
2006
Journal title
The Lancet
Record number
589121
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