Consanguinity and Associated Socio-Demographic Factors in the United Arab Emirates

Human Heredity

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 256-264

  Bener, Abdulbari ^a   Abdulrazzaq, Y M ^b   Al Gazali, L I ^b   Micallef, R ^c   Al Khayat, A T ^d   Gaber, T ^e  

^a Department of Community Medicine ^*  (United Arab Emirates)

^b UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^c TAWAM HOSPITAL   (United Arab Emirates)

^d Al Wasl Hospital   (United Arab Emirates)

^e School Health and Primary Care Service   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Consanguinity; Cousin marriages; Socio demographic factors; United Arab Emirates

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGE; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; OCCUPATION; PARENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ASPECT; SPOUSE; STATISTICS; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 0029797641     PISSN: 00015652     EISSN: 14230062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000154362     Document Type: Article

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