Consanguinity, Genetics and Definitions of Kinship in the UK Pakistani Population

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 844-854

  Bittles, A H ^a,b   Small, N A ^c  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSANGUINITY; DISEASES; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIGRANT; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED KINGDOM;

CONSANGUINITY; DISEASE; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARRIAGE; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84952001126     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: 14697599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932015000449     Document Type: Article

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