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Fertility behaviors in South Korea and their association with ultrasound prenatal sex screening

Imbalances in the sex ratio at birth in Southeast and East Asia increased especially after the mid-1980s. We study how ultrasonic technology affected sex ratios at birth in South Korea, a country with a strong son preference. Between 1985 and 1995 fetal screenings and abortion services were widely a...

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Autores principales: Lee, Jinkook, Smith, James P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5769124/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29349269
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2017.10.003