Description |
xii, 346 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Series |
39th Symposium volume of the Society for the Study of Human biology |
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Society for the Study of Human Biology symposium series ; 39
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Contents |
1. Human biology and social inequality / Simon Strickland and Prakash Shetty -- 2. Social inequalities and health in the contemporary world: comparative overview / Sally Macintyre -- 3. Accumulation of health risks across social groups in a national longitudinal study / Chris Power and Sharon Matthews -- 4. Equity, social cohesion and health / Richard G. Wilkinson -- 5. Growth and maturation problems of children and social inequality during economic liberalization in Central and Eastern Europe / Otto G. Eiben -- 6. Social inequalities in the re-emergence of infectious disease / John D. H. Porter and Jessica A. Ogden -- 7. Environmental health, social inequality and biological differences / Lawrence M. Schell and Stefan A. Czerwinski -- 8. Educational potential and attainment: long-term implications of childhood undernutrition / Sara Stinson -- 9. Affluence in developing countries and natural selection in humans / Kerin O'dea |
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10. Physical activity, sport, social status and Darwinian fitness / Robert M. Malina -- 11. Biological correlates of social and geographical mobility in humans: an overview / C. G. Nicholas Mascie-Taylor -- 12. How female reproductive decisions cause social inequality in male reproductive fitness: evidence from eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Germany / Eckart Voland and Athanasios Chasiotis -- 13. Environmental constraints, social inequality and reproductive success. A case-study in Morocco / Emile Crognier -- 14. The emergence of health and social inequalities in the archaeological record / Mark Nathan Cohen -- 15. Eugenics and population policies / A. H. Bittles and Y.-Y. Chew -- 16. The policy implications of health inequalities in developing countries / Carolyn Stephens -- 17. Policy options for managing health inequalities in industrial and post-industrial countries / Yoav Ben-Shlomo and Michael G. Marmot |
Notes |
Includes index |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Subject |
Equality -- Congresses.
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Human biology -- Congresses.
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Social medicine -- Congresses.
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Social Medicine.
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Biology.
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Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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Author |
Shetty, Prakash S.
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Strickland, S. S. (Simon Slade), 1956-
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Society for the Study of Human Biology.
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LC no. |
97023261 |
ISBN |
0521570433 (hardcover) |
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