Prevalence and social correlates of consanguinity in Kuwait

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 206-210

  Radovanovic, Zoran ^a   Shah, Nasra ^a   Behbehani, Jaafar ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Bedouins; Consanguinity; Social factors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGE; CONSANGUINITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INBREEDING; INTERVIEW; KUWAIT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0033383558     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.1999.206     Document Type: Article

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