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" Health and disease in tribal societies. "
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656202
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Symposium on Health and Disease in Tribal Societies(1976 :, Ciba Foundation)
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Health and disease in tribal societies.
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Amsterdam ;New York :: Elsevier/Excerpta Medica/North-Holland,, 1977.
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Ciba Foundation symposium ;; 49 (new ser.)
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viii, 344 p. :: ill. ;; 25 cm.
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0444152717
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: 9780444152718
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Proceedings of the Symposium on Health and Disease in Tribal Societies, held at Ciba Foundation, London, Sept. 28-30, 1976.
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Editors: Katherine Elliott and Julie Whelan.
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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| Contents
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Some characteristics of tribal peoples / Ivan Polunin -- First contact with a tribal society / Herbert Ohlman -- Field methods for the assessment of health and disease in pre-agricultural societies / Betsy Lozoff, Gary M. Brittenham -- Urgent opportunistic observations : the study of changing, transient and disappearing phenomena of medical interest in disrupted primitive human communities / D. Carleton Gajdusek -- Where did our infectious diseases come from? : the evolution of infectious disease / Aidan Cockburn -- Epidemiology of infectious disease : the example of measles / Francis L. Black, Francisco De P. Pinheiro, Walter J. Hierholzer, Richard V. Lee -- Aspects of infection in isolated communities / D.A.J. Tyrrell -- Health and disease in unacculturated Amerindian populations / James V. Neel -- The Kren-Akorore, a recently contacted indigenous tribe / R.G. Baruzzi, L.F. Marcopito, M.L.C. Serra, F.A.A. Souza, C. Stabile -- Diet and nutrition of hunter-gatherers / A.S. Truswell -- Beliefs and behaviour in disease / G.A. Lewis -- Medical practice and tribal communities / A. David Jones -- Pitfalls to avoid : the Australian experience / Isobel M. White -- The responsibilities of intervention in isolated societies / Stafford Lightman.
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Epidemiology, Congresses.
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Medical anthropology, Congresses.
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Acculturation, Congresses.
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Communicable Diseases, Congresses.
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Ethnic Groups, Congresses.
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Medicine, Traditional, Congresses.
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| Dewey Classification
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614.4
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RA652.S98 1976
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W3C161F v.49 1976
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Elliott, Katherine May.
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Whelan, Julie.
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Ciba Foundation.
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