Trends in selective abortions of girls in India: analysis of nationally representative birth histories from 1990 to 2005 and census data from 1991 to 2011
Authors:
- Prabhat JhaPJPrabhat Jha
- Maya A KeslerMKMaya A Kesler
- Rajesh KumarRKRajesh Kumar
- Faujdar RamFRFaujdar Ram
- Usha RamURUsha Ram
- Lukasz AleksandrowiczLALukasz Aleksandrowicz
- Diego G BassaniDBDiego G Bassani
- Shailaja ChandraSCShailaja Chandra
- Jayant K BanthiaJBJayant K Banthia
- 1 June 2011
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier in The Lancet
- Vol. 377 (9781) , 1921-1928
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