The prevalence and outcomes of consanguineous marriage in contemporary societies

Cousin Marriages: Between Tradition, Genetic Risk and Cultural Change

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 33-45

  Bittles, Alan H ^a  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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