Health, risk, and adversity [electronic resource] / edited by Catherine Panter-Brick and Agustín Fuentes.

Contributor(s): Series: Studies of the Biosocial Society ; v. 2Publication details: New York : Berghahn Books, 2009.Description: xvi, 293 p. : ill., map ; 24 cmSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 362.1 22
LOC classification:
  • RA427.3 .H428 2009eb
Contents:
Health consequences of social and ecological adversity among indigenous Siberian populations : biocultural and evolutionary interactions / William R. Leonard, J. Josh Snodgrass, and Mark V. Sorensen -- A multidisciplinary approach to understanding the risk and context of emerging primate-borne zoonoses / Lisa Jones-Engel and Gregory Engel -- Viral panic, vulnerability, and the next pandemic / Ann Herring -- Adaptation, health, and the temporal domain of human reproductive physiology / Peter T. Ellison and Grazyna Jasienska --
Changes in risk factors for breast cancer in migrant women : an intergenerational comparison among Bangladeshis in the United Kingdom / Alejandra Núñez-de la Mora and Gillian R. Bentley -- Family structure and child growth in sub-Saharan Africa : assessing "hidden risk" / Daniel W. Sellen -- The developmental origins of health and disease / Keith Godfrey and Mark Hanson -- Beyond the gradient : an integrative anthropological perspective on social stratification, stress, and health / Thomas McDade -- The slavery hypothesis : an evaluation of a genetic-deterministic explanation for hypertension prevalence rate inequalities / Lorena Madrigal ... [et al.].
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Health consequences of social and ecological adversity among indigenous Siberian populations : biocultural and evolutionary interactions / William R. Leonard, J. Josh Snodgrass, and Mark V. Sorensen -- A multidisciplinary approach to understanding the risk and context of emerging primate-borne zoonoses / Lisa Jones-Engel and Gregory Engel -- Viral panic, vulnerability, and the next pandemic / Ann Herring -- Adaptation, health, and the temporal domain of human reproductive physiology / Peter T. Ellison and Grazyna Jasienska --

Changes in risk factors for breast cancer in migrant women : an intergenerational comparison among Bangladeshis in the United Kingdom / Alejandra Núñez-de la Mora and Gillian R. Bentley -- Family structure and child growth in sub-Saharan Africa : assessing "hidden risk" / Daniel W. Sellen -- The developmental origins of health and disease / Keith Godfrey and Mark Hanson -- Beyond the gradient : an integrative anthropological perspective on social stratification, stress, and health / Thomas McDade -- The slavery hypothesis : an evaluation of a genetic-deterministic explanation for hypertension prevalence rate inequalities / Lorena Madrigal ... [et al.].

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