Lorena Madrigal (University of South Florida)

Gebundenes Buch

Human Biology of Afro-Caribbean Populations

Beschreibung

A comprehensive 2006 review of the health, demography and population genetics of Caribbean populations of African descent. It provides an evolutionary framework for understanding the epidemiology of diseases such as hypertension and diabetes, and the effects of infectious disease on the genetic make-up of these populations.

Autor

Lorena Madrigal is Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of South Florida and has worked on historical demography, population genetics, disease and modernization and the genetics of longevity. She has also published Statistics for Anthropology (1998; ISBN 0521 577861 paperback).

Produktdetails

• Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 268
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 229g
• ISBN-13: 9780521819312
• ISBN-10: 0521819318
• Artikelnr.: 21421591