Congenital anomalies in the irish traveller community

Irish Medical Journal

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 233-234

  Barry, J ^a   Kirke, P ^a  

^a HEALTH RESEARCH BOARD   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONSANGUINITY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; GIPSY; HUMAN; IRELAND; MALE; NEWBORN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR;

ABNORMALITIES; CONSANGUINITY; FEMALE; GYPSIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRELAND; MALE; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0031244141     PISSN: 03323102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (8)

1. Barry J, Herity B, Solan J. The travellers' health status study - vital statistics of travelling people, 1987. Dublin: The Health Research Board, 1989.
2. Radic A, Delany V, McGrath B. Eurocat: Surveillance of congenital anomalies in the Eastern Health Board region 1980-1987. The Health Research Board, Dublin, 1991.
3. Masterson JG, Consanguinity in Ireland. Hum Hered 1970;20:371-82.
4. Bittles A, Grant J, Shami S. Consanguinity as a determinant of reproductive behaviour and mortality in Pakistan. Int J Epidemiol 1993;22:463-7.
5. Magnus P, Berg K, Bjerkedal T. Association of parental consanguinity with decreased birth weight and increased rate of early death and congenital malformations. Clin Genet 1985;28:335-42.
6. Khlat K, Khoury M. Inbreeding and Diseases: Demographic, Genetic and Epidemiologic Perspectives. Epidemiol Reviews 1991;13:28-11.
7. Devi A PR, Rao NA, Bittles AH. Inbreeding and the incidence of childhood genetic disorders in Kamataka, South India. J Med Genet 1987;24;362-5.
8. Martinez-Frias ML, Bermejo E. Prevalence of congenital anomaly syndromes in a Spanish gypsy population. J Med Genet 1992;29:483-6.