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Falling sex ratios and emerging evidence of sex-selective abortion in Nepal: evidence from nationally representative survey data

OBJECTIVES: To quantify trends in changing sex ratios of births before and after the legalisation of abortion in Nepal. While sex-selective abortion is common in some Asian countries, it is not clear whether the legal status of abortion is associated with the prevalence of sex-selection when sex-sel...

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Autores principales:	Frost, Melanie Dawn, Puri, Mahesh, Hinde, Peter Richard Andrew
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BMJ Publishing Group 2013
Materias:	Global Health
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3657664/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23674444 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2013-002612

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