Continuous decrease of consanguineous marriages among arabs in Israel

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 94-98

  Na'amnih, Wasef ^a   Romano Zelekha, Orly ^a   Kabaha, Ahmed ^a   Rubin, Liza Pollack ^a,b   Bilenko, Natalya ^a,c   Jaber, Lutfi ^d   Honovich, Mira ^a   Shohat, Tamy ^a,e  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^d Bridge to Peace Community Pediatric Center   (Israel)

^e TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARAB; CONSANGUINITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MALE; MARRIAGE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARABS; CONSANGUINITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MARRIAGE; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84917684708     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.22610     Document Type: Article

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