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Consanguineous marriages and their detrimental outcomes in Pakistan: an urgent need for appropriate measures
2017-12-23
Abstract excerpt
Consanguineous marriage is a union between first or second cousins. This practice is very common in developing Asian countries especially Pakistan. Around 70% of marriages in Pakistan are consanguineous. The major factors that promote consanguinity are arranged marriages, illiteracy and inter-caste marriages. The complications that follow include, small birth size, congenital malformations, neonatal mortality, rar...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 294de119-7407-5640-82b9-eb95f93b4901
- DOI
- 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20175757