Sex-selective abortion and female infant mortality more common after one or two daughters in India

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Sex-selective abortion and female infant mortality more common after one or two daughters in India

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Prenatal sex selection and female infant mortality are more common in India after first and second born daughters. Corry Gellatly, a research scientist at the Newcastle University, explains the details of his study, in a podcast conducted by the Editor in Chief of the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, James Dunn. The article is accessible here: http://jech.bmj.com/content/71/3/269.