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.

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2011 Jun 4 Others P Jha, MA Kesler, R Kumar, F Ram, U Ram… - The Lancet, 2011 - thelancet.com 29

Full Author : ['Jha, Prabhat', 'Kesler, Maya A', 'Kumar, Rajesh', 'Ram, Faujdar', 'Ram, Usha', 'Aleksandrowicz, Lukasz', 'Bassani, Diego G', 'Chandra, Shailaja', 'Banthia, Jayant K']
Journal Title : Lancet (London, England)
Chapter : Section8
Journal Year : 2011
Cited by : 380

BACKGROUND: India's 2011 census revealed a growing imbalance between the numbers of girls and boys aged 0-6 years, which we postulate is due to increased prenatal sex determination with subsequent selective abortion of female fetuses. We aimed to establis..... Read More

Keywords : ['nationally representative birth history', 'selective abortion', 'india analysis', 'census datum', 'trend', 'girl']
PubMed Link : https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(11)60649-1/fulltext
Google Scholar Link : https://scholar.google.com/scholar?cites=18294941809916328249&as_sdt=2005&sciodt=0,5&hl=en&num=20

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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.