Evolutionary Medicine and Health

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ISBN: 0195307062
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Evolutionary Medicine and Health: New Perspectives

Building on the success of their groundbreaking anthology Evolutionary Medicine (OUP, 1999), Wenda R. Download Evolutionary Medicine and Health medical books for free.
Trevathan, E. O. Smith, and James J. McKenna provide an up-to-date and thought-provoking introduction to the field with this new collection of essays. Ideal for courses in evolutionary medicine, medical anthropology, and the evolution of human disease, Evolutionary Medicine and Health: New Perspectives presents twenty-three original articles that examine how human evolution relates to a broad range of contemporary health problems including infectious, chronic, nutritional, and mental diseases and disorders. Topics covered include disease susceptibility in cultural context, substance abuse and addiction, sleep disorders, preeclampsia, Get Evolutionary Medicine and Health our bestseller medical books.

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Trevathan, E. O. Smith, and James J. McKenna provide an up-to-date and thought-provoking introduction to the field with this new collection of essays Topics covered include disease susceptibility in cultural context, substance abuse and addiction, sleep disorders, preeclampsia,

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