Consanguinity: A risk factor for preterm birth at less than 33 weeks' gestation

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 172, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1424-1430

  Mumtaz, Ghina ^a   Nassar, Anwar H ^a   Mahfoud, Ziyad ^a   Akaber, El Khamra ^a   Nathalie, Al Choueiri ^a   Adra, Abdallah ^a   Murray, Jeffrey C ^a   Zalloua, Pierre ^a   Yunis, Khalid A ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Consanguinity; Developing countries; Genetics; Premature birth

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; DISEASE INCIDENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; HEALTH RISK; HERITABILITY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CONSANGUINITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; RISK FACTOR; ADULT; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; GENETICS; GESTATIONAL AGE; LEBANON; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREMATURITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

LEBANON;

ADULT; CONSANGUINITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; LEBANON; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952116010     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwq316     Document Type: Article

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