The knowledge and the attitude of youth couples on/towards consanguineous marriages in the north of Iran

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research

Volumn 6, Issue 7 SUPPL., 2012, Pages 1233-1236

  Sedehi, Malihe ^a   Keshtkar, Abbas Ali ^b   Golalipour, Mohammad Jafar ^a  

^a GOLESTAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Attitude; Consanguineous marriage; Iran; Knowledge; Youth

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGE; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; EDUCATION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; IRAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896548958     PISSN: 2249782X     EISSN: 0973709X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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