Cousin marriage and premarital carrier matching in a Bedouin community in Israel: Attitudes, service development and educational intervention

Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 49-51

  Raz, Aviad E ^a   Atar, Marcela ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARAB; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGE; CULTURAL FACTOR; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC DISORDER; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; ISRAEL; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT EDUCATION; RELIGION; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARABS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONSANGUINITY; CULTURE; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC DISEASES, X-LINKED; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; ISRAEL; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 0742318962     PISSN: 14711893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1783/147118904322701992     Document Type: Article

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