Consanguineous marriages in the United Arab Emirates

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 491-497

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

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b TAWAM HOSPITAL   (United Arab Emirates)

^c Al Wasl Hospital   (United Arab Emirates)

^d Department of Primary Health Care ^*  (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGE; DUBAI; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INBREEDING; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENT; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION RESEARCH; SPOUSE; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

ARAB COUNTRIES; ASIA; BIOLOGY; CONSANGUINITY; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GENETICS; MARRIAGE; MARRIAGE PATTERNS; MEASUREMENT; NUPTIALITY; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; PREVALENCE; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; URBAN POPULATION; WESTERN ASIA;

ADULT; CONSANGUINITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARRIAGE; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; URBAN POPULATION;

CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGE; SOCIAL TRENDS;

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 0030609737     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932097004914     Document Type: Article

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