Consanguinity Associated with Child and Adult Mortality in 24 Asian and African Countries, an Ecological Study
Background: Although numerous studies have found deleterious effects of inbreeding on childhood and pre-reproductive mortality, one question remains inadequately addressed: Dose inbreeding lead to increased childhood mortality rates in countries with high level of consanguinity? Methods: To evaluate...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Tehran University of Medical Sciences
2007-05-01
|
| Series: | Iranian Journal of Public Health |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | http://journals.tums.ac.ir/PdfMed.aspx?pdf_med=/upload_files/pdf/3145.pdf&manuscript_id=3145 |