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Evolutionary medicine
edited by Wenda R. Trevathan, Euclid O. Smith, and James J. McKenna
Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.
ISBN: 0195103564   DDC: 610   LCC: RB152   Edition: (pbk. : alk. paper)

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Ch. 1. Is neonatal jaundice a disease or an adaptive process? -- Ch.
2. Infant crying behavior and colic: an interpretation in
evolutionary perspective -- Ch. 3. Breastfeeding and mother-infant
cosleeping in relation to SIDS prevention -- Ch. 4. Otitis media: an
evolutionary perspective -- Ch. 5. The evolutionary ecology of
childhood asthma -- Ch. 6. Evolutionary perspectives on the onset of
puberty -- Ch. 7. Incest avoidance: clinical implications of the
evolutionary perspective -- Ch. 8. Evolutionary obstetrics.

Ch. 9. Darwinian medicine and the emergence of allergy -- Ch. 10.
Using evolution as a tool for controlling infectious diseases -- Ch.
11. Evolutionary control of HIV and other sexually transmitted
viruses -- Ch. 12. Paleolithic nutrition revisited -- Ch. 13. Human
evolution, low back pain, and dual-level control -- Ch. 14. What
Darwinian medicine offers psychiatry -- Ch. 15. Evolution, substance
abuse, and addiction -- Ch. 16. Menopause in evolutionary perspective
-- Ch. 17. Breast cancer in evolutionary context -- Ch. 18.
Evolutionary perspective on chronic degenerative diseases.

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Dewey Class: 610 -- Medical sciences; Medicine
LCC Number: RB152

Book Details:

Language: eng
Physical Description: xvi, 480 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Edition Info: (pbk. : alk. paper)

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