The influence of consanguineous marriage on infant and child mortality among palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria

Community Genetics

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 178-181

  Pedersen, Jon ^a  

^a Fafo Research Foundation   (Norway)

Author keywords

Consanguineous marriage; Infant and child mortality; Palestinians

Indexed keywords

ARAB; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MIDDLE EAST; PARENT; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY;

EID: 0036432774     PISSN: 14222795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000066333     Document Type: Article

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