Genes Environment and Health : Anthropological Perspectives
Language: English
Published by Serials Pub, New Delhi, 2007
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Contents List of contributors. Preface. 1. Anthropology in health and disease trends chatter of the past hundred years with a vision for the future in view of new challenges facing the human species/Krishan Sharma. I. Tribal health 2. Health management among the Kondh a primitive tribe of District Kalahandi Orissa/Hemanta Bag and A.K. Kapoor. 3. Health care practices of Hakkipikki a tribe in transition/K.C. Tarachand. 4. Cognition of health and disease among the people of Village Karjan District Kullu Himachal Pradesh/Twinkle Pal. 5. Human rights development and tribe a study among the Lahoulis of Himachal Pradesh/Shilipi Gupta and A.K. Kapoor. 6. Caries prevalence oral hygiene and socio economic status in adolescent Gaddis of Himachal Pradesh/Parul Sharma and Krishan Sharma. 7. Health and hygiene of Lamani Tribe a case study of Appenahalli Settlement in Bellary District of Karnataka State/V. Jagadeesh. II. Morphological Variations 8. Prevalence of abdominal obesity with the onset of menopause among post menopausal women of lower socio economic strata of Chandigarh/Dolly Monisha and S.P. Singh. 9. Patterns of body and abdominal adiposity growth in relation to menarche status in Urban and rural Punjabi adolescent females/Krishan Sharma and R. Aggarwal. 10. Physical growth and nutritional status of Scheduled Caste children of Naraingarh Tehsil Ambala District Haryana/Indu Talwar Payal Updesh and Preeti Bajwa. 11. Physical growth among adolescent Brahmin girls of Bhimtal Uttaranchal Pradesh/Kusum Lata Thakur. 12. Respiratory efficiency as affected by exposure to textile dust health status evaluation of textile workers of District Varanasi Uttar Pradesh/Ajeet Jaiswal. 13. Palmar Mainline Index a b Ridge Count and atd Angle among the Madigas of Andhra Pradesh/K. Rajasekhara Reddy. III. Genetic Studies 14. Human genetics in community health practice in India an urgent need of action/R.S. Balgir. 15. Genetic and environmental factors in menstrual characteristics and Premenstrual Syndrome a twin study/Krishan Sharma. 16. Genetic susceptibility to Periodontal Diseases a twin study/Krishan Sharma. 17. ABO Blood Groups Secretor status and dental caries among adolescent children/Krishan Sharma and Tripta. 18. Frequency of ABO (H) Antigens on Red Blood Cells and saliva of Epilepsy Patients/S.K. Pal K. Sharma A. Pathak and S. Prabhakar. IV. Ethics and other aspects of health 19. Legal and ethical imperatives of National Health in India/Abhik Ghosh. 20. Socio personal and psychological problems of inmates of senior citizen homes of Ludhiana (Punjab) an analysis/Archna Handa A.K. Gupta and Balbir Kumar. 21. Dialogues on morality and ethics in perceptions on masculinity and sexuality cross cultural conversations in anthropology/Shalina Mehta and Nongmeikapam Inoaba Singh. 22. Approaches towards sex biased health care practices a study on Rajbansis of Darjeeling District West Bengal/Subir Biswas and Ganesh Chandra Mallick. Index. Anthropological theory reasons that successful populations have adapted to or are continuously adapting to their environment. Environment including physical biotic and cultural demographic acts as an agent of natural selection and may result in well adapted population. These factors vary widely across geography space and time and thus consequently one may have populations differing biologically and culturally in ways that reflect their history of adaptations to the local needs or stressors. WHO estimates that infectious diseases cause 48 per cent of deaths across the world among people under the age of 45 years. This is the case when science has advanced and medicine has achieved great heights enhancing longevity. Anthropology provides us a platform to study human bio social variations with its perspective on evolution and adaptation. This book attempts a comprehensive understanding of health and human well being. We will be looking into both mental and physical aspects that determine health. Our perspective remains an.…
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- Genes Environment and Health : Anthropological Perspectives
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- Krishan Sharma; R K Pathak; Shalina Mehta and Indu Talwar
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- Serials Pub, New Delhi
- Publication year
- 2007
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- As New
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- Hardbound
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- English
- ISBN 10
- 8183870791
- ISBN 13
- 9788183870795
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