Health Awareness and Consequences of Consanguineous Marriages:A Community-Based Study

Journal of Primary Care & Community Health

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 121-127

  Joseph, Nitin ^a   Pavan, K Keshava ^a   Ganapathi, Keerthan ^a   Apoorva, P ^a   Sharma, Parul ^a   Jhamb, Jai Aditya ^a  

^a KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

awareness; congenital anomalies; consanguineous marriages; health hazards; prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONSANGUINITY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CONSANGUINITY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84952715804     PISSN: 21501319     EISSN: 21501327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2150131914557496     Document Type: Article

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