Consanguineous matings among Egyptian population

Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 157-163

  Shawky, Rabah M ^a   El Awady, Mohammed Y ^a   Elsayed, Solaf M ^a   Hamadan, Ghada E ^b  

^a AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Consanguineous marriage; Egypt; Recurrence risk; Socio economic determinants

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGE; DIVORCE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EGYPT; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; MALE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; RELIGION; RURAL AREA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STATUS; URBAN AREA;

EID: 84863314407     PISSN: 11108630     EISSN: 20902441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmhg.2011.07.001     Document Type: Article

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