Responding to the increased genetic risk associated with customary consanguineous marriage among minority ethnic populations: lessons from local innovations in England
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Community Genetics
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1868-310X,1868-6001
DOI: 10.1007/s12687-016-0269-1