Awareness of prenatal sex determination and preconception and prenatal diagnostic techniques act: A comparative study among rural and urban females of reproductive age group (15–45 years) attending a tertiary care teaching hospital in North India

Background: Preference for a male child by the family leading to a sex-selective abortion has been a leading factor for the skewed sex ratio in India. This has long-term social and demographic consequences. The present study was conducted with the aim to assess the awareness and attitudes regarding...

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Main Authors: Rajiv Kumar Gupta, Bhavna Langer, Parveen Singh, Sunil Kumar Raina, Rashmi Kumari, Shahid Hussain, Riya Gupta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2018-01-01
Series:Journal of Current Research in Scientific Medicine
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Online Access:http://www.jcrsmed.org/article.asp?issn=2455-3069;year=2018;volume=4;issue=1;spage=21;epage=25;aulast=Gupta