Sex Preferences Among Mothers Delivering at Patan Hospital
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Sex preferences among mothers delivering at Patan Hospital.
BACKGROUND High sex ratios at birth (SRB) are seen in China, Taiwan, South Korea, parts of India and Vietnam. The imbalance is the result of son preference, accentuated by declining fertility. Prenatal sex determination and female feticides are common in many countries. It is reflected in sex ratio OBJECTIVE To determine reasons for the preferences for different sex; to find out whether there...
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عنوان ژورنال: Kathmandu University Medical Journal
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1812-2078,1812-2027
DOI: 10.3126/kumj.v9i4.6334