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Women seeking ante-natal care more likely to go in for ultrasound scan: study [1]

Ultrasonography is not done only for sex selection

Contrary to the general belief that a majority of pregnant women undergo ultrasonography (USG) only for sex selection, a study shows that 80 per cent of them have given live birth and the remaining had either undergone a pregnancy loss or both live births and abortion.

Publication Date: 
13/06/2013
Aarti Dhar [2]
Hindu (New Delhi) [3]
Tags:
India [4], Women [5], Maternal Health [6], Health Effects [7], Health [8]

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[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/aarti-dhar
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/hindu-new-delhi
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/women
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/maternal-health
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health-effects
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health