Consanguineous marriages in a Saudi population and the effect of inbreeding on prenatal and postnatal mortality

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 155-160

  Al Husain, Muneera ^a   Al Bunyan, Muneera ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGE; EDUCATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INBREEDING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PRENATAL MORTALITY; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 0030797327     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724936.1997.11747879     Document Type: Article

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