Decrease in consanguinity among parents of children born in Norway to women of Pakistani origin: A registry-based study

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 232-238

  Grjibovski, Andrej M ^a   Magnus, Per ^a   Stoltenberg, Camilla ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Consanguinity; Norway; Pakistan

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGE; CONSANGUINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MATERNAL AGE; NORWAY; PAKISTAN; PARENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADULT; CONSANGUINITY; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARRIAGE; NORWAY; PAKISTAN; PARENTS; REGISTRIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65549083505     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1403494808100939     Document Type: Article

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