Lorena Madrigal (University of South Florida)

Human Biology of Afro-Caribbean Populations

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

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

Autorenporträt

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).

Inhaltsangabe

1. The African slave trade and the Caribbean
2. Obesity, hypertension and non-insulin-dependent diabetes
3. Infectious disease epidemiology and Afro-Caribbean populations
4. Population genetics of Afro-Caribbean groups
5. Demography of Afro-Caribbean groups
6. The Afro-Caribbean population in Limón, Costa Rica
References.