Applications of biological anthropology to human affairs

著者

• Mascie-Taylor, C. G. N.
• Lasker, Gabriel Ward

書誌事項

Applications of biological anthropology to human affairs

edited by C.G.N. Mascie-Taylor and G.W. Lasker

（Cambridge studies in biological anthropology, 8）

Cambridge University Press, 1991

注記

Includes bibliographical references and index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

The unique contribution made by biological anthropology to human welfare lies in the fundamental understanding it can provide of the dynamic interrelationships between physical and social factors. By understanding these patterns, we can interpret the significance of variation in such measures of human well-being in terms of the incidence of disease and mortality rates. Topics covered include reproductive ecology and fertility, nutritional status in relation to health, and the effects of pollution on growth. In the later chapters, the concepts of physiological adaptation, and Darwinian fitness and its relation to individual physical fitness are explored.

目次

• 1. Introduction G. W. Lasker
• 2. Reproductive ecology and human fertility P. T. Ellison
• 3. Nutritional status: its measurement and relation to health C. G. N. Mascie-Taylor
• 4. Pollution and human growth: lead, noise, polychlorobiphenol compounds, and toxic wastes L. M. Schell
• 5. Human physiological adaptation to high altitude environments L. P. Greksa
• 6. Darwinian fitness, physical fitness and physical activity R. M. Malina
• 7. Human evolution and the genetic epidemiology of chronic degenerative diseases D. E. Crews and G. D. James
• 8. The biology of human aging W. A. Stini
• Literature cited
• Index.

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BA17102268
• ISBN:
  • 0521381126
• LCCN: 90025499
• 出版国コード: uk
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: Cambridge [England] ; New York
• ページ数/冊数: ix, 252 p.
• 大きさ: 24 cm
• 分類:
  • LCC : GN60
  • DC20 : 573
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Physical anthropology
  • LCSH : Human biology
• 親書誌ID:
  • BA03817360