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CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGES IN AFGHANISTAN
Journal of Biosocial Science, 2011SummaryThe present cross-sectional study was done in order to illustrate the prevalence and types of consanguineous marriages among Afghanistan populations. Data on types of marriages were collected using a simple questionnaire. The total number of couples in the study was 7140 from the following provinces: Badakhshan, Baghlan, Balkh, Bamyan, Kabul ...
Khyber, Saify, Mostafa, Saadat
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Consanguineous marriage in Jordan
American Journal of Medical Genetics, 1992AbstractWe conducted a population‐based study of consanguineous marriages in Jordan. About two thousand households were interviewed. First cousin marriages were encountered in 32.03%, second cousin in 6.8%, distant relation in 10.5%, and no relation in 50% of all marriages, respectively.
S A, Khoury, D, Massad
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CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGE IN JORDAN: AN UPDATE
Journal of Biosocial Science, 2017SummaryThis study examined the recent level, trends and determinants of consanguineous marriage in Jordan using time-series data from the Jordan Population and Family Health Surveys (JPFHSs). According to the 2012 JPFHS, 35% of all marriages were consanguineous in Jordan in 2012.
M Mazharul, Islam +2 more
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Modernization and consanguineous marriage in Beirut
Journal of Biosocial Science, 1986SummaryRecent data do not demonstrate any trend away from consanguineous marriages in the urban Middle East. The continued observance of this preferential custom may correspond to the persistence of an archaic trait among urban dwellers; if this holds true, then one would expect consanguineous couples to conform more to the traditional family pattern ...
M, Khlat, S, Halabi
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On consanguineous marriages and the genetic load
Human Genetics, 1977It has been reported that studies of the genetic consequences of inbreeding should adopt a different strategy in populations having a relatively old inbreeding history and where inbreeding levels have varied over time. This contention is tested with a series of 39,495 single-birth records from Bombay, India, collected in a World Health Organization ...
R, Chakraborty, A, Chakravarti
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SURNAME AND CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGES IN JAPAN
Journal of Biosocial Science, 1997A survey of consanguineous marriages in Japan was conducted on 1 September 1983, by questionnaires. The total number of couples surveyed was 9225. They were chosen from six widely different areas and the inbreeding coefficients from isonymy and pedigrees were estimated for each area.
Y, Imaizumi, R, Kaneko
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Consanguineous marriages in the Turkish population
Clinical Genetics, 1988This study of 55 175 marriages in Turkey, conducted from 1970 to 1987, showed an overall rate of consanguineous marriage of 21.21% (mostly first‐cousin liaisons) and an inbreeding coefficient of 0.0064532. However, considerable differences between areas are apparent.
Başaran, N +5 more
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The Occurrence of Consanguineous Marriages in Hungary
Human Heredity, 1976The occurrence of first cousin couples was 2.90/00 in Hungary involving three different population samples (about 2,000, 1,000 and 2,000 women after delivery in the capital, two cities, and a city with agricultural characteristics, respectively).
A, Czeizel +3 more
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Consanguineous marriages and congenital anomalies
The Lancet, 2013Previous associations between consanguineous marriage and congenital anomalies have often been hampered by deficiencies in study design and small sample sizes...
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