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245 0 0 _aHuman biology and social inequality /
_cedited by S.S. Strickland and P.S. Shetty.
260 _aCambridge, UK ;
_aNew York :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c1998.
300 _axii, 346 p. :
_bill. ;
_c24 cm.
505 _a1. 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 liberalisation in Central and Eastern Europe O.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 man 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 M.G. Marmot.
650 0 _aSocial medicine
_xCongresses.
650 0 _aEquality
_xCongresses.
650 0 _aHuman biology
_xCongresses.
942 _cWB16