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Heat stress and culture in North India, by Jack M. Planalp.

Title
Heat stress and culture in North India, by Jack M. Planalp.
Author
Planalp, Jack M.
Publication
[Washington] U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command, 1971.

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Additional Authors
  • United States. Army Medical Research and Development Command
  • United States. Army. Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Natick, Mass. Special technical report.
Description
xii, 557 p. illus., maps (part col.); 27 cm.
Subject
  • Climate
  • Cultural Characteristics
  • Culture
  • Ethnology > Bihar
  • Ethnology > Uttar Pradesh
  • Heat > Physiological effect
  • Heat Stress Disorders
  • Human beings > Effect of climate on
Note
  • On cover: AD 734315.
  • "D. A. Project no. 3A025601A827."
  • "At head of title, special technical report."
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographies.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Introduction -- Adaptations to heat in the past -- Adaptations to heat in the present : technology and behavior -- Adaptations to heat in the present : diet -- Heat injuries in North India -- Epidemiology of heat injuries -- Conclusion.
LCCN
^^^72601763^
OCLC
416187
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library