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Human biology in Papua New Guinea : the small cosmos / edited by Robert D. Attenborough and Michael P. Alpers.
- Title
- Human biology in Papua New Guinea : the small cosmos / edited by Robert D. Attenborough and Michael P. Alpers.
- Publication
- Oxford ; New York : Clarendon Press, 1992.
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- Description
- xiii, 427 p. : ill., maps; 24 cm.
- Series Statement
- Research monographs on human population biology ; no. 10
- Uniform Title
- Research monographs on human population biology ; no. 10.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- 1. Human Biology in a Small Cosmos, M.P. Alpers and R.D. Attenborough -- 2. The Geography of Papua New Guinea, B.J. Allen -- 3. The Demography of Papua New Guinea : Migration, Fertility, and Mortality / I.D. Riley and D. Lehmann -- 4. Fertility and Reproductive Biology in Papua New Guinea / J.W. Wood -- 5. Social Anthropology in Papua New Guinea / D.S. Gardner and J.F. Weiner -- 6. Language and Identity in Papua New Guinea / W.A. Foley -- 7. Papua New Guinea's Human Past : The Evidence of Archaeology / R.L. Kirk -- 8. Population Origins in Papua New Guinea : A Human Biological Overview / R.L. Kirk -- 9. Population Genetics in New Guinea : A Perspective on Human Evolution / S.W. Serjeantson, P.G. Board, and K.K. Bhatia -- 10. Human Growth in Papua New Guinea / P.F. Heywood and N.G. Norgan -- 11. Nutrition in Papua New Guinea / P.F. Heywood and C. Jenkins -- 12. Physiological Adaptability in Papua New Guinea / J. Lourie, G. Budd, and H.R. Anderson -- 13. Acute Respiratory Infections / I.D. Riley, D. Lehmann, and M.P. Alpers -- 14. Chronic Lung Disease and Asthma in Papua New Guinea / J.R. Anderson and A.J. Woolcock -- 15. The Epidemiology of Malaria in Papua New Guinea / J.A. Cattani -- 16. Kuru / M.P. Alpers -- 17. Pigbel / G. Lawrence -- 18. The Epidemiology of Intestinal Parasites in Papua New Guinea / G. Barnish -- 19. Iodine-Deficiency Disorders in Papua New Guinea / P.F. Heywood -- 20. The Epidemiology of Diabetes Mellitus in Papua New Guinea and the Pacific : Adverse Consequences of Natural Selection in the Face of Sociocultural Change / H. King -- 21. Social Change and the Emergence of Degenerative Cardiovascular Disease in Papua New Guinea / P.F. Sinnett, I.H. Kevau, and D. Tyson -- 22. Medical Anthropology in Papua New Guinea : A Challenge / C. Jenkins.
- ISBN
- 0198575149 :
- LCCN
- ^^^91044890^
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library