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The Economics Of Consanguineous Marriages [PDF]
Review of Economics and Statistics, 2006 This paper provides an economic rationale for the practice of consanguineous marriages observed in parts of the developing world. In a model of incomplete marriage markets, dowries are viewed as ex ante transfers made from the bride's family to the groom's family when the promise of ex post gifts and bequests is not credible. Consanguineous unions join
Quy-Toan Do, Sriya Iyer, Shareen Joshi
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مجله دانشکده پزشکی اصفهان, 2019 Background: The distinction of sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) causes is important for the prevention and treatment. In this study, we aimed to investigate the relationship between consanguineous marriage and hearing loss resulting cochlear implant ...
Seyed Hamidreza Abtahi +3 more
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Consanguinity and isolated atrial septal defect in North East of Iran
Annals of Saudi Medicine, 2014 BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: The rate of consanguineous marriage is high in Middle Eastern countries such as Iran. The relationship between consanguineous marriage and congenital heart disease is discussed in some studies, but there is not much data for ...
Hasan Mottaghi Moghaddam Shahri +3 more
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Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics, 2022 Background Union between second cousins and closer relatives is called consanguineous marriage. Consanguineous marriage is associated with increased risk of autosomal recessive diseases and several multifactorial traits.
Mostafa Saadat
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Annals of Human Biology, 2017 Background: Although consanguinity is widely practiced in Oman, the attitude of community towards consanguinity and the awareness of its health consequences to offspring remain largely unexplored.
M. Mazharul Islam
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Infant death and consanguineous marriage [PDF]
BMJ, 1994 EDITOR, - Perinatal mortality and infant mortality are important indicators of community health Consanguineous marriage increases the risk of having children with autosomal recessive disorders and may be a cause of perinatal and infant death that cannot be prevented.1,2 We recently compared perinatal and infant mortality in children with a Norwegian ...
K H, Orstavik, R, Lindemann, J, Steen
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Study of Youths’ Knowledge, Behavior, and Attitude towards Consanguineous Marriages [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Public Health, 2006 Consanguineous marriages are traditionally favoured in most of Asian and African countries especially in the Muslim countries. However, it is apparent that these kinds of marriage are a major factor of some genetic disorders inherited in an autosomal ...
M Hasanzadeh-Nazarabadi +2 more
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The decline in consanguineous marriage among Muslims in Israel: The role of education
Demographic Research, 2017 Background: There are two explanations for the inverse relationship between consanguinity and women's education. The female empowerment hypothesis posits that better-educated women will demand more freedom in choosing a marriage partner, whereas the role
Jona Schellekens +2 more
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Familial accumulation of consanguineous marriages [PDF]
Japanese journal of human genetics, 1977 Distribution of consanguineous, marriages among spouses, husband's parents and wife's parents was analyzed based upon data on 20,563 families in six populations in Japan. There were highly significant correlations of presence or absence of consanguinity among the three couples in most populations.
K, Tanaka, M, Tanimura
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Consanguineous Marriages and Reproductive Behavior: A Study from Vidarbha Region of Maharashtra
National Journal of Community Medicine, 2022 Introduction: India has been subdivided in to two major regions with respect to a preference for or avoidance of consanguineous marriage. The deleterious health effects associated with consanguinity are caused by the expression of rare, recessive genes ...
Venkatramana K Sonkar +3 more
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