Lay perceptions of genetic risks attributable to inbreeding in Pakistan

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 264-274

  Hussain, Rafat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGE; CONSANGUINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC RISK; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH HAZARD; HEREDITY; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFECTION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIGION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOUTHEAST ASIA; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; CONSANGUINITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0036123570     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.10034     Document Type: Article

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