Sex ratio at birth in India, its relation to birth order, sex of previous children and use of indigenous medicine.

OBJECTIVE: Sex-ratio at birth in families with previous girls is worse than those with a boy. Our aim was to prospectively study in a large maternal and child unit sex-ratio against previous birth sex and use of traditional medicines for sex selection. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Sex-ratio among mothers...

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Main Authors: Samiksha Manchanda, Bedangshu Saikia, Neeraj Gupta, Sona Chowdhary, Jacob M Puliyel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3115933?pdf=render