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Health, risk, and adversity /
Research on health involves evaluating the disparities that are systematically associated with the experience of risk, including genetic and physiological variation, environmental exposure to poor nutrition and disease, and social marginalization. This volume provides a unique perspective - a compar...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Berghahn Books,
2009.
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| Colección: | Studies of the Biosocial Society ;
v. 2. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Research on health involves evaluating the disparities that are systematically associated with the experience of risk, including genetic and physiological variation, environmental exposure to poor nutrition and disease, and social marginalization. This volume provides a unique perspective - a comparative approach to the analysis of health disparities and human adaptability - and specifically focuses on the pathways that lead to unequal health outcomes. From an explicitly anthropological perspective situated in the practice and theory of biosocial studies, this book combines theoretical rigo. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvi, 293 pages) : illustrations, map. |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781845458713 1845458710 1282627368 9781282627369 9786612627361 6612627360 |