Consanguinity trends and correlates in the Palestinian Territories

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 107-124

  Assaf, Shireen ^a   Khawaja, Marwan ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGE; CONSANGUINITY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PALESTINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONSANGUINITY; CULTURE; DATA COLLECTION; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 56549100627     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: 14697599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932008002940     Document Type: Article

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