Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 The circumpolar habitat and its peoples: traditional lifestyle and early research findings
- 2 Concept of the International Biological Programme Human Adaptability Project, and IBP studies of circumpolar populations
- 3 Changes in social structure and behaviour
- 4 Secular trends in diet, metabolism and body composition
- 5 Secular trends in physical fitness and cold tolerance
- 6 Secular trends in respiratory hazards, lung function and respiratory disease
- 7 Secular trends in growth and development
- 8 Current health status of circumpolar populations
- 9 Postscript: lessons from traditional circumpolar life and options for the future
- References
- Index
Frontmatter
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 March 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 The circumpolar habitat and its peoples: traditional lifestyle and early research findings
- 2 Concept of the International Biological Programme Human Adaptability Project, and IBP studies of circumpolar populations
- 3 Changes in social structure and behaviour
- 4 Secular trends in diet, metabolism and body composition
- 5 Secular trends in physical fitness and cold tolerance
- 6 Secular trends in respiratory hazards, lung function and respiratory disease
- 7 Secular trends in growth and development
- 8 Current health status of circumpolar populations
- 9 Postscript: lessons from traditional circumpolar life and options for the future
- References
- Index
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- The Health Consequences of 'Modernisation'Evidence from Circumpolar Peoples, pp. i - viPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1996