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MeSH Heading: Incest
Tree Number(s): I01.880.735.442
Unique ID: D007179
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D007179
Annotation: /ethnol /‌psychol permitted
Scope Note: Sexual intercourse between persons so closely related that they are forbidden by law to marry.
NLM Classification #: WM 607
Previous Indexing: Paraphilias (1966)
Public MeSH Note: 67
History Note: 67
Date Established: 1967/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 1994/03/17

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