Adverse birth outcomes associated with consanguineous marriage in Pakistan

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 211-212

  Zakar, Rubeena ^a   Zakar, Muhammad Z ^a   Aqil, Nauman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Consanguineous marriage; Demographic and Health Survey; Low birth weight; Neonatal death; Pakistan

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; BIRTH WEIGHT; BIRTHPLACE; CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGE; FIRST DEGREE RELATIVE; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MARRIED WOMAN; MATERNAL AGE; NEWBORN DEATH; NOTE; PAKISTAN; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; RECESSIVE GENE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONSANGUINITY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; STATISTICAL MODEL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONSANGUINITY; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908069046     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: 18793479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2014.06.013     Document Type: Article

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