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Human adaptation: a fuctional interpretation /

Frisancho, A

Human adaptation: a fuctional interpretation / A Frisancho - 1a - St. Luis, us The C.V. Mosby Company 19790000 - 209p.

Priinciples and definitions in the study of human adaptation.-Thermoregulation and acclimation to heat stress.-Acclimatization to heat stress: native and non-native population.-Thermoregulation and acclimation to cold stress.-Acclimatization to cold environments: native population.-Acclimatization and habituation to severe cold stresss: Asiatic divers and whites.-Biological responses, acclimatization to solar radiation, and evolution of population skin color differences.-Biological effects and responses to high-altitude hypoxia.-Functional adaptation to hight altitude.-Prenatal and postnatal growth and development at high altitude.-Altitude pathophysiology, athletic performance, and cross-acclimatization.-Functional responses to experimental starvation and chronic undernutrition of adults.-Influence of protein-calorie malnutrition and chronic undernutrition on human growth.-Westernization of dietary habits and disease expression.-

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