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The health of Native Americans : toward a biocultural epidemiology
- Title
- The health of Native Americans : toward a biocultural epidemiology / T. Kue Young.
- Author
- Young, T. Kue.
- Publication
- New York : Oxford University Press, 1994.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | HBC 95-3166 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- ix, 275 p. : ill., maps; 25 cm.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-265) and indexes.
- Contents
- Introduction to native Americans -- Organization and plan -- Note on nomenclature -- Origins and genetic diversity -- Ecological habitats and adaptations -- Cultural and historical development -- Present geographical distribution -- Social and economic conditions -- Race and ethnicity -- Overview of population and health -- Historical perspective -- Sources of data -- Demographic features -- Patterns of mortality -- Morbidity and disability -- Behavioral health risks -- Nutrition and diet -- Epidemiologic transition -- Decline and persistence of infectious diseases -- Tuberculosis -- Infections of the nervous system -- Infections of the intestinal tract -- Pneumonia and acute respiratory infections -- Viral hepatitis -- Sexually transmitted diseases -- Streptococcal infections and their sequelae -- Protozoan and helminthic parasites -- Emergence of chronic diseases -- Cancer -- Ischemic heart disease -- Stroke -- Hypertension -- Dyslipidemia -- Prevention and control of cardiovascular diseases -- Obesity -- Diabetes -- Gallbladder disease -- Insulin resistance: a common metabolic defect?
- (cont) Chronic disease: an evolutionary perspective -- Injuries and the social pathologies -- Unintentional injuries -- Suicide, homicide and violence -- Alcohol and substance abuse -- Role for genes -- Traditional culture vs. social change -- Toward a biocultural epidemiology -- Contributions of native American populations to epidemiology -- Integrating anthropology and epidemiology -- Issues in native American health research.
- Call Number
- HBC 95-3166
- ISBN
- 0195073398 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 93020705
- OCLC
- 28221908
- Author
- Young, T. Kue.
- Title
- The health of Native Americans : toward a biocultural epidemiology / T. Kue Young.
- Imprint
- New York : Oxford University Press, 1994.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-265) and indexes.
- Indexed Term
- American Indians Diseases
- Research Call Number
- HBC 95-3166