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Introduction
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 1990)
A basic premise of studies conducted in the 1950s and 1960s was that humans exhibited a uniform set of biological responses to the high altitude environment. Since then, investigations have been carried out in the North ...
Role of genetic and environmental factors in the increased blood pressures of Bolivian blacks
(John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1999)
The tendency toward hypertension or higher blood pressure is more common in blacks than whites. The factors that account for these differences are attributed to both environmental and genetic factors. To clarify this issue, ...
Honor Among Thieves: A Zooarchaeological Study of Neanderthal Ecology
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 1996)
No abstract.
Relationship of serum cholesterol and truncal body fat distribution among Mexican Americans is accentuated by obesity
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 1994)
The relationship of body fat distribution to serum cholesterol levels was evaluated in a sample of 3,040 Mexican Americans 18–74 years of age from the Hispanic Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (HHANES) conducted ...
Meinhard Robinow: An appreciation
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 1995-10-23)
No Abstract.
Diet and health: Implications for reducing chronic disease risk. Committee on Diet and Health, National Research Council, xiv + 768 pp. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press. 1989, $49.95 (cloth)
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 1990)
No Abstract.
Reduction in birth weight associated with smoking among young and older-age women
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 1990)
This study examined the combined effects of maternal smoking and maternal age on birth weight. A sample of 1,851 white, full-term infants (37 to 42 weeks) born to primiparous mothers ranging in age from 18 to 41 years was ...
Small for gestational age associated with short stature during adolescence
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 1994)
This study examined the relationship between intrauterine growth retardation and adolescent stature in a sample of 1510 White subjects (754 males and 756 females) who were evaluated at birth and at the ages of 15, 16, and ...