Consanguineous marriage in the capital city Sana'a, Yemen

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 111-121

  Gunaid, Abdallah Ahmed ^a   Hummad, Nuria Ali ^a   Tamim, Khaled Abdallah ^a  

^a SANA A UNIVERSITY   (Yemen)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INBREEDING; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEW; MALE; RANDOMIZATION; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; YEMEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONSANGUINITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; URBAN POPULATION; YEMEN;

EID: 0346456863     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932003006138     Document Type: Review

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