Prevalence and pattern of consanguineous marriages among different communities in Mangalore

Online Journal of Health and Allied Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Bhaskar, Bhagya ^a   Suresh, Sucharitha ^b   Avadhani, Ramakrishna ^a  

^a YENEPOYA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b FATHER MULLER MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Coefficient of inbreeding; Consanguineous marriages; Prevalence; Religion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873457884     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09725997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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