Backbone of history, the: health and nutrition in the western hemisphere
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9780521617444
Date de publication :
21 mars 2005
Dimensions :
23,3 x 15,3 x 3,7 cm
Poids :
890 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This book gathers skeletal evidence on seven basic health indicators, to assess chronic conditions that affected the populations of the West over the past several millennia. As measured by childhood indicators of health, Native Americans were among the healthiest and the least healthy peoples in the Western Hemisphere pre-twentieth century.