Effect of consanguinity on birth weight for gestational age in a developing country

Consanguinity, the marriage between relatives, has been associated with adverse child health outcomes because it increases homozygosity of recessive alleles. The objective of this study was to assess the effect of consanguinity on the birth weight of newborns in Greater Beirut, Lebanon. Cross-sectio...

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Main Author: Wakim, Gerard (author)
Other Authors: Mumtaz, Ghina (author), Tamim, Hala (author), Kanaan, Mona (author), Khawaja, Marwan (author), Khogali, Mustafa (author)
Format: article
Published: 2007
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10725/9894
https://doi.org/10.1093/aje/kwk108
http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php
https://academic.oup.com/aje/article/165/7/742/158945
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