Book Description
Specifically for the health professional, this book contains an extensive compilation of research findings on biologic variation by race, age, and gender relating to health and illness. Completely rewritten, revised, and updated, the Second Edition includes an increased discussion of biologic variation and expanded coverage of each chapter topic.This book provides a theoretical framework for understanding the mechanisms that influence biologic variation. It presents a well-documented discussion of research data and indicates areas where knowledge is lacking. A theoretical explanation is followed by examination of surface and anatomical variations, developmental variation, biochemical and enzymatic variations, disease susceptibility differences, and influence of the external variation. Consideration of sexual variation reveals more differences between the sexes than among races. Misconceptions about racial uniformity and diversity are exposed throughout the book. Tables of specific biologic variations allow easy reference and access to the literature.
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University of Utah, Salt Lake City. Second edition of a research text on physiologic differences among ethnic groups that can effect health and illness. Previous edition 1985. For epidemiologists, geneticists, and physicians. DNLM: Variation (Genetics).
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Little-known physiologic differences among groups can produce different responses to healthy and diseased states. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
wet ear wax, dry ear wax, moderately high incidence, hereditary polymorphic light eruption, biologic variation, climatic experience, hunting reaction, wet wax, human corpus callosum, secondary sex ratio, chronic mountain sickness, upper body fat, dry wax, sebaceous gland activity, thermoregulatory responses, denser bones, hemoglobin variants, diabetes rates, gallbladder cancer, blood pressure differences, physical anthropology, hypertensive heart disease Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, American Journal of Physical Anthropology, American Indians, American Journal of Epidemiology,
Little-known physiologic differences among groups can produce different responses to healthy and diseased states. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
wet ear wax, dry ear wax, moderately high incidence, hereditary polymorphic light eruption, biologic variation, climatic experience, hunting reaction, wet wax, human corpus callosum, secondary sex ratio, chronic mountain sickness, upper body fat, dry wax, sebaceous gland activity, thermoregulatory responses, denser bones, hemoglobin variants, diabetes rates, gallbladder cancer, blood pressure differences, physical anthropology, hypertensive heart disease Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, American Journal of Physical Anthropology, American Indians, American Journal of Epidemiology,