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. Sex-ratio among mothers in families with a previo...
The sex ratio of Indias population has been on the declining course during the last one century currently indicating a massive deficit of females. Sex ratio trends vary considerably across the regions of India consistent with the degree of gender inequalities in education employment and empowerment in...
In the context of targeting of state transfers based on income poverty lines, this study is concerned with the identification of households that may have b... R Saith,BH White 被引量: 0发表: 2000年 加载更多 来源学校 University of East Anglia 1997 研究点推荐 Sex ratio imbalances 引用走势...
In the birth statistics since 1990, we find a four-point increase in the sex ratio at birth for mothers born in India, attributable particularly to an increase at higher birth orders, mirroring findings reported for India. This suggests that sex-selective abortion is occurring among mothers born...
Prabhat Jha and colleagues report a low female-to-male sex ratio in India (759/1000) on the basis of a large national survey. They rule out other causes of this imbalance and conclude that it is likely to be due to prenatal sex determination by ultrasound followed by selective abortion of...
The purpose of this study is explore several socio-economic factors associated with sex ratio at birth and the influencing factors in the family dynamics of major states of India. We use quantitative secondary data collected from statistical databases like India Human Development Survey, 2010 and Cen...
Newborns were monitored for congenital malformations in four government hospitals located in high-level (ambient dose >1.5 mGy/year) and normal-level (¤ 1.5 mGy/year) natural radiation areas of Kerala, India, from August 1995 to December 2012. Sex ratio at birth (SRB) among live singleton ne...
Further, the association is heterogeneous by women’s empowerment, crime against women, and party rule in the state, and the association between the child sex ratio and trafficking of girls is stronger and larger in magnitude in states with greater women’s empowerment. Overall, ...
The aim of this study is to search for the DXA-derived fat mass ratio (FMR) threshold, among those suggested for the diagnosis of HALS, able to identify PLHIV at high cardiovascular risk. Methods and results:In a cross-sectional analysis of 101 PLHIV (age 53±11 years, men 55%) and ...
Predictors of Treatment Response Following Ultrasound-Facilitated Catheter-Directed Thrombolysis for Submassive and Massive Pulmonary Embolism: A SEATTLE I... After adjusting for age, gender, and baseline RV/LV ratio, pulmonary artery systolic pressure, and modified Miller Score, patients with higher bod...