title: [Premarital examination: a rite of passage in Public Health]
abstract: In the first decades of this century, pre-nuptial examination, designed to protect descendants from risks attributed to heredity, worked as a true rite of passage in Public Health routine. An educational text concerning this issue is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Medicina Preventiva, Fundação Faculdade Federal de Ciências Médicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, RS, 90420-041, Brasil.
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Scliar