Determinants of imbalanced sex ratio at birth in Nepal: evidence from secondary analysis of a large hospital-based study and nationally-representative survey data

OBJECTIVES: To quantify sex ratios at births (SRBs) in hospital deliveries in Nepal, and understand the socio-demographic correlates of skewed SRB. Skewed SRBs in hospitals could be explained by sex selective abortion, and/or by decision to have a son delivered in a hospital—increased in -utero inve...

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Autores principales: Pradhan, Elina, Pearson, Erin, Puri, Mahesh, Maharjan, Manju, Maharjan, Dev Chandra, Shah, Iqbal
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2019
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Global Health
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6359739/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30705238
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-023021

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6359739/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30705238
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-023021

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