Human adaptation and accommodation /
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| Author / Creator: | Frisancho, A. Roberto, 1939- |
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| Imprint: | Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c1993. |
| Description: | ix, 532 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1441654 |
Table of Contents:
- Ch. 1. The Study of Human Adaptation
- Ch. 2. Principles of Temperature Regulation
- Ch. 3. Acclimation and Acclimatization to Hot Climates: Native and Nonnative Populations
- Ch. 4. Thermoregulation and Acclimation to Cold Stress
- Ch. 5. Acclimatization to Cold Environments: Native and Nonnative Populations
- Ch. 6. Biological Responses, Acclimatization to Solar Radiation, and Evolution of Population Skin Color Differences
- Ch. 7. Evolution of Population Skin Color Differences
- Ch. 8. Respiratory Function and Gas Exchange in the Lungs and Tissues
- Ch. 9. Cardiovascular System
- Ch. 10. Biological Effects and Tolerance to High Altitude
- Ch. 11. Adult Acclimatization, Developmental Acclimatization, and the High-Altitude Native
- Ch. 12. Prenatal and Postnatal Growth and Development at High Altitude
- Ch. 13. Accommodation to the Energy Demands of Pregnancy
- Ch. 14. Accommodation to the Energy Demands of Lactation
- Ch. 15. Accommodation to Acute and Chronic Malnutrition During Growth
- Ch. 16. Accommodation to Experimental Starvation and Chronic Undernutrition
- Ch. 17. Accommodation to Industrialization of Dietary Habits and Disease Expression
- Ch. 18. Obesity: Accommodation and Adaptation to Variability In Dietary Supply
- App. A. Conversion Factors for Measurements Used In the Biological Sciences
- App. B. Conversion Factors
- App. C. Glossary.
