Consanguinity and recurrence risk of stillbirth and infant death

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 517-523

  Stoltenberg, Camilla ^a   Magnus, Per ^a   Skrondal, Anders ^a   Lie, Rolv Terje ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD DEATH; CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGE; CONSANGUINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; NEWBORN; NORWAY; RECURRENCE RISK; SIBLING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STILLBIRTH; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0033043086     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.89.4.517     Document Type: Article

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