Consanguinity, fertility, reproductive wastage, infant mortality and congenital malformations in Jordan

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 150-154

  Khoury, Sami A ^a   Massad, Diana F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Congenital malformations; Consanguinity; Fertility; Infant mortality; Reproductive wastage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONSANGUINITY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FETUS DEATH; GENETICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; JORDAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL AGE; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STATISTICS; TIME;

ABNORMALITIES; ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADULT; BIRTH RATE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONSANGUINITY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FETAL DEATH; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; JORDAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL AGE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034139558     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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