Prevalence of consanguineous marriages and associated factors among Israeli Bedouins

Journal of Community Genetics

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 395-398

  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

Bedouins; Consanguinity; Inbreeding coefficient; Israel

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BEDOUIN; CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGE; CONSANGUINITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISRAELI; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 84958117628     PISSN: 1868310X     EISSN: 18686001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12687-014-0188-y     Document Type: Article

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