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Consanguinity its impact, consequences and management / edited by Lutfi A Jaber, Gabrielle J Halpern ; contributors Hagit N. Baris [and four others].
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jaber, Lutfi A., Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Consanguinity.
- Genealogy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (189 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Sharjah, United Arab Emirates : Bentham Science Publishers, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Consanguineous marriages have been practiced for hundreds of years, predominantly by Moslems. Although it is generally accepted among communities that the social advantages outweigh other, the rate of congenital malformations and genetic diseases among the offspring borne of consanguineous marriages is higher and an increase in sterility, rates of abortions, stillbirths and neonatal deaths has been suggested by some researchers. These problems result in a substantial economic burden within the communities involved in the practice. Strategies for reducing the frequency of consanguineous marriag
- Contents:
- Cover; Title; EUL; Contents; Editor's Biography; Foreword; Preface; List of Contributors; Chapter 01; Chapter 02; Chapter 03; Chapter 04; Chapter 05; Chapter 06; Chapter 07; Chapter 08; Index
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 28, 2014).
- This eBook is made available Open Access under a CC BY 4.0 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
- ISBN:
- 9781608058884
- 1608058883
- OCLC:
- 881570605
- Access Restriction:
- Open access Unrestricted online access
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