Open AccessConsanguineous Marriage, Reproductive Behaviour and Postnatal Mortality in Contemporary Iran
Author(s) -
Meimanat HosseiniChavoshi,
Mohammad Jalal AbbasiShavazi,
A.H. Bittles
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
human heredity
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.423
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1423-0062
pISSN - 0001-5652
DOI - 10.1159/000358403
Subject(s) - consanguinity , demography , fertility , consanguineous marriage , population , logistic regression , medicine , pediatrics , sociology
The aims of the study were to determine the prevalence, types and socio-economic correlates of consanguineous marriages in Iran, and to gauge the extent to which consanguinity influenced fertility, pregnancy outcomes and the expression of genetic disorders in the present-day population.
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