Research Catalog
Evolutionary medicine
- Title
- Evolutionary medicine / edited by Wenda R. Trevathan, E.O. Smith, James J. McKenna.
- Publication
- New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.
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Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Book/Text | Use in library | RB152 .E96 1999 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xvi, 480 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Foreword: Historical Overview / Michael H. Day -- 1. Is Neonatal Jaundice a Disease or an Adaptive Process? / John Brett and Susan Niermeyer -- 2. Infant Crying Behavior and Colic: An Interpretation in Evolutionary Perspective / Ronald G. Barr -- 3. Breastfeeding and Mother-Infant Cosleeping in Relation to SIDS Prevention / James McKenna, Sarah Mosko and Chris Richard -- 4. Otitis Media: An Evolutionary Perspective / Hal J. Daniel III -- 5. The Evolutionary Ecology of Childhood Asthma / A. Magdalena Hurtado, I. Arenas de Hurtado and Robert Sapien / [et al.] -- 6. Evolutionary Perspectives on the Onset of Puberty / Carol M. Worthman -- 7. Incest Avoidance: Clinical Implications of the Evolutionary Perspective / Mark T. Erickson -- 8. Evolutionary Obstetrics / Wenda R. Trevathan -- 9. Darwinian Medicine and the Emergence of Allergy / Kathleen C. Barnes, George J. Armelagos and Steven C. Morreale --
- 10. Using Evolution as a Tool for Controlling Infectious Diseases / Paul W. Ewald -- 11. Evolutionary Control of HIV and Other Sexually Transmitted Viruses / Paul W. Ewald -- 12. Paleolithic Nutrition Revisited / S. Boyd Eaton, S. B. Eaton III and Melvin J. Konner -- 13. Human Evolution, Low Back Pain, and Dual-Level Control / Robert Anderson -- 14. What Darwinian Medicine Offers Psychiatry / Randolph Nesse -- 15. Evolution, Substance Abuse, and Addiction / E. O. Smith -- 16. Menopause in Evolutionary Perspective / Lynnette E. Leidy -- 17. Breast Cancer in Evolutionary Context / S. Boyd Eaton and S. Boyd Eaton III -- 18. Evolutionary Perspectives on Chronic Degenerative Diseases / Linda M. Gerber and Douglas E. Crews.
- ISBN
- 0195103556 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0195103564 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 98017323
- OCLC
- 38748264
- ocm38748264
- SCSB-4787116
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries