Is consanguineous marriage religiously encouraged? Islamic and Iranian considerations

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 313-316

  Akrami, Seyed Mohammad ^a,b   Osati, Zahra ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC DISORDER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; IRAN; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MOSLEM; RELIGION;

CONSANGUINITY; CULTURE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; HUMANS; IRAN; ISLAM; MARRIAGE; PEDIGREE; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33847629306     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: 14697599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932006001684     Document Type: Article

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