Consanguinity in South America: Demographic aspects

Human Heredity

Volumn 51, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 27-34

  Liascovich, Rosa ^a   Rittler, Mónica ^b   Castilla, Eduardo E ^c,d  

^a Administracion Nacional de Laboratorios E Institutos de Salud Dr Carlos G Malbran   (Argentina)

^b Hospital Materno Infantil Ramon Sarda   (Argentina)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^d CEMIC   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Parental consanguinity; Social class; South America

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONSANGUINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INCEST; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIGRATION; OCCUPATION; VENEZUELA;

CONSANGUINITY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; OCCUPATIONS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0035205454     PISSN: 00015652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000022956     Document Type: Article

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