The changing profile of consanguinity rates in Bahrain, 1990-2009

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 313-319

  Al Arrayed, Shaikha ^a   Hamamy, Hanan ^b  

^a SALMANIYA MEDICAL COMPLEX   (Bahrain)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARAB; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BAHRAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSANGUINITY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MARRIAGE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; STATISTICS;

ARABS; BAHRAIN; CONSANGUINITY; CULTURE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MARRIAGE; NEONATAL SCREENING;

EID: 84859346777     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: 14697599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932011000666     Document Type: Article

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