Health, risk, and adversity. (2009)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Catherine Panter-Brick and Agustín Fuentes.
• Other Names: Panter-Brick, Catherine, 1959-; Fuentes, Agustin
• 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 [and others].
• Publisher Details: New York : Berghahn Books
• Publication Date: 2009
• Extent: 1 online resource (xvi, 293 pages), illustrations, map
• Subjects: 362.1; Health risk assessment; Social medicine; Medical anthropology; HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General; HEALTH & FITNESS -- Health Care Issues; MEDICAL -- Diseases; MEDICAL -- Health Care Delivery; MEDICAL -- Health Policy; MEDICAL -- Public Health; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Disease & Health Issues; MEDICAL -- General; Health risk assessment; Medical anthropology; Social medicine; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781845458713; 1845458710
• Related ISBNs: 9781845454555; 1845454553
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.