00666pab a2200133 454500008004000000100001900040245004100059260000900100300001600109362001000125520034200135650002100477773003400498180718b2002   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aPatel, Vibhuti  aAdverse juvenile sex ratio in Kerala  c2002  ap.2124-125.  a1 Jun  aCensus 2001 has revealed a deterioration in the juvenile male-female sex ratio in Kerala.  Hospital birth records can help establish sex ratios at birth and thus the prevalence of female foeticide.  However, civil society and the state will need to pitch in to check the misuse of technology for female foeticide in Kerala. - Reproduced.  aSex distribution  aEconomic and Political Weekly