Effect of inbreeding on weight gain of offspring from birth to 12 months after birth: A study from Iran

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 195-200

  Nafissi, Samane ^a   Ansari Lari, Maryam ^a   Saadat, Mostafa ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSANGUINITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; IRAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; NEWBORN; RESIDENTIAL CARE; STATISTICS; WEIGHT GAIN;

CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CONSANGUINITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 77951229605     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: 14697599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932009990393     Document Type: Article

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