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Locating ethnicity and health: exploring concepts and contexts [PDF]

, 2007
With the rapid development of ethnicity and health as a field of sociological research, this paper seeks to re-evaluate the development of ideas around ethnicity, 'race' and culture and consider how they have been applied to the question of health ...
Ahmad, Waqar I. U., Bradby, Hannah
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Body donor programs in Australia and New Zealand: Current status and future opportunities

Anatomical Sciences Education, Volume 18, Issue 3, Page 301-328, March 2025.
Abstract Body donation is critical to anatomy study in Australia and New Zealand. Annually, more than 10,000 students, anatomists, researchers, and clinicians access tissue donated by local consented donors through university‐based body donation programs. However, little research has been published about their operations.
Rebekah A. Jenkin, Kevin A. Keay
wiley   +1 more source

The effect of consanguineous marriage on mental health among the students of the shahrekord university of medical sciences [PDF]

, 2016
Introduction: In Iran, after unintentional accidents, mental health problems are the second leading burden of disease. Consanguineous marriage is very common in Iran and the association between parental consanguinity and mental health is an important ...
Deris, Fatemeh., Heidari-Soreshjani, Sheida., Hosseinpour, Maryam., Karimi, Negar., Solati Dehkordi, Seyed kamal., Teimori, Hossein.   +5 more
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Beyond the grave: Do the dead have rights?

Anatomical Sciences Education, EarlyView.
Abstract Anatomists who work with the Dead often see themselves as custodians of the Dead. To those who opine that the Dead no longer have Rights (legal or moral) or privileges and have nothing more to contribute to the development of Society or to human endeavor, the Dead's custodians might respond that there is ample evidence that some Rights and ...
Beverley Kramer, Bernard Moxham
wiley   +1 more source

Comparison of the frequency of dentoalveolar deformities in consanguineous ‎marriages and non-consanguineous marriages in Kerman, Iran

Journal of Oral Health and Oral Epidemiology, 2015
BACKGROUND AND AIM: Consanguineous marriage is one of the causes of congenital deformities and genetic diseases. The aim of this study was to evaluate the role of consanguineous marriage in dentoalveolar deformities in 16-18 years old adolescents with ...
Javad Faryabi, Razieh Hoseinifar
doaj  

Prevalence, Structure, and Perception of the Local Population Regarding Consanguineous Marriages in the Rural Areas of Southern India: A Community based Mixed Methods Study

Indian Journal of Public Health
Background: Southern India has one of the highest prevalence of consanguineous marriages in Asia. Limited research has been conducted to understand the reasons behind this in the rural areas of South India, despite the potential risks associated with ...
Dakshita Narayanam, Mishu Mangla, Gomathi Ramaswamy, Remya Mary John   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Developing a critical caste analysis within information science and technology: A research review: An annual review of information science and technology paper

Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract Caste—an ascriptive social hierarchy in South Asia and its diaspora—is a globalized phenomenon. Recent caste‐based discrimination, particularly in technology companies and anti‐caste efforts to address it, has compelled academia, policy, and the technology industry to better understand contemporary mechanics of caste.
Nayana Kirasur, Britt Paris
wiley   +1 more source

Attitudes of Parents With a Child With Autosomal Recessive Disease Toward Consanguinity

Inquiry: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing
Consanguineous marriages are known to increase the risk of autosomal recessive genetic disorder. In this study we aimed to examine the perspective and attitudes of parents with 1 or more affected children by an AR disease toward consanguineous marriages.
Yagoub Al-Kandari PhD, Shaker Bahzad MD, Dina Ramadan MD, Hind Alsharhan MD, Mohammad Hussain MD, Waleed Al-Herz MD   +5 more
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A novel locus for autosomal recessive primary microcephaly (MCPH6) maps to 13q12.2 [PDF]

, 2003
Key points: • Autosomal recessive primary microcephaly (MCPH) is a genetic disorder in which an affected subject is born with a head circumference >3 SD below the expected mean and is mentally retarded.
Costa, S.M.R., Hampshire, D.J., Leal, G.F., Roberts, E., Silva, E.O., Woods, C.G.   +5 more
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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
openaire   +2 more sources