Prevalence of consanguineous marriages among iranian georgians

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 47-50

  Rafiee, Laleh ^a   Saadat, Mostafa ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSANGUINITY; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY RELATION; GEORGIA (REPUBLIC); HUMAN; IRAN; MARRIAGE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS;

CONSANGUINITY; FAMILY RELATIONS; GEORGIA (REPUBLIC); HUMANS; IRAN; MARRIAGE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 79451474676     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: 14697599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932010000295     Document Type: Article

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