The frequency and effecting factors of consanguineous marriage in a group of soldiers in Ankara

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 519-523

  Kir, Tayfun ^a   Güleç, Mahir ^a   Bakir, Bilal ^a   Hoşgönül, Esat ^a   Tümerdem, Nazmi ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGE; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; SOLDIER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONSANGUINITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PARENTS; TURKEY;

EID: 22844433874     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932004006947     Document Type: Article

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