Commentary: Of the same blood

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1442-1447

  Stoltenberg, Camilla ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRTH DEFECT; CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGE; DEMOGRAPHY; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC RISK; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INBREEDING; INCEST; MORTALITY; NOTE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RELATIVE; RELIGION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STILLBIRTH; CONSANGUINITY; COST OF ILLNESS; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETIC FITNESS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; MALE; MARRIAGE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECESSIVE GENE; RISK; RISK FACTOR;

CONSANGUINITY; COST OF ILLNESS; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENES, RECESSIVE; GENETIC FITNESS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MARRIAGE; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 75349112406     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyp312     Document Type: Note

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