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Title Human biology and social inequality / edited by S.S. Strickland and P.S. Shetty
Published Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1998

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Description xii, 346 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Series 39th Symposium volume of the Society for the Study of Human biology
Society for the Study of Human Biology symposium series ; 39
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
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.
Human biology -- Congresses.
Social medicine -- Congresses.
Social Medicine.
Biology.
Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings.
Author Shetty, Prakash S.
Strickland, S. S. (Simon Slade), 1956-
Society for the Study of Human Biology.
LC no. 97023261
ISBN 0521570433 (hardcover)