British Pakistani cousin marriages and the negotiation of reproductive risk

Cousin Marriages: Between Tradition, Genetic Risk and Cultural Change

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 113-129

  Shaw, Alison ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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