Prevalence of consanguineous marriages in South Sinai, Egypt

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 31-39

  Yamamah, G ^a   Abdel Raouf, E ^b   Talaat, A ^a   Saad Hussein, A ^b   Hamamy, H ^c   Meguid, N A ^b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

^b Department of Research on Children with Special Needs ^*  (Egypt)

^c GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSANGUINITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EGYPT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; CONSANGUINITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EGYPT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84870835568     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: 14697599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002193201200020X     Document Type: Article

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