Consanguinity and child health

Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 244-249

  Saggar, Anand K ^a,b   Bittles, Alan H ^a,b  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

birth defects; child health; consanguinity; endogamy; morbidity; mortality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIA; CHILD DEATH; CHILD HEALTH; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COMMUNITY CARE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FERTILITY; FETUS WASTAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE POOL; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC DRIFT; HEALTH SERVICE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; INBREEDING; INCIDENCE; INHERITANCE; LAW; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MIDDLE EAST; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MORBIDITY; NORTH AFRICA; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; RECESSIVE GENE; RETINA DYSTROPHY; SOCIAL ASPECT; THALASSEMIA;

EID: 42949104200     PISSN: 17517222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paed.2008.02.008     Document Type: Article

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