Impact of consanguinity on cancer in a highly endogamous population

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 35-40

  Bener, Abdulbari ^a,b,c   El Ayoubi, Hanadi R ^c,d   Chouchane, Lotfi ^c   Ali, Awab I ^c   Al Kubaisi, Aisha ^c   Al Sulaiti, Haya ^c   Teebi, Ahmad S ^c,e  

^a HAMAD GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Qatar)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Qatar)

^d HAMAD MEDICAL CORPORATION   (Qatar)

^e HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cancer incidence; Consanguinityl; Qatar

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650915043     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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