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1Department of Business Administration, National Institute of Technology, Durgapur, India. swaseth56@yahoo.co.in
Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics
|March 6, 2007
Abstract:
Regarding sex selective abortion in India, all are aware of exclusive female disadvantage. And yet few study reported sizeable selective male feticide as such. This exercise reveals that: (1) the age-old son-preference has slightly declined on the end of the twentieth century, and (2) a substantial selective male feticide are also being committed annually, of course, along with larger selective female feticide.
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