Evolving health the origins of illness and how the modern world is making us sick / Noel T. Boaz.
| Author/creator | Boaz, Noel Thomas |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New York : Wiley, |
| Description | vi, 250 p. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Achieving adaptive normality, your evolutionary birthright -- How our health evolved -- An evolutionary child's birthright: perinatal and pediatric diseases -- The virus war -- Cellular stress: a general model for cancer -- Breast cancer, prostate diseases, and cancers of the reproductive system -- Heart disease and high blood pressure: a story of fish and chips -- Why we smoke -- Diabetes mellitus and the "thrifty genotype" -- Gout, liver enzymes, and global climate change -- The ape's solution to back pain -- Gut diseases -- The evolution of psychiatric disorders. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-239) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2001006727 |
| ISBN | 9780471352617 |
| ISBN | 0471352616 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |