TY - GEN AU - Frisancho,A AU - Roberto TI - Human adaptation: a fuctional interpretation / SN - 08016-1693-x U1 - 573.4 PY - 1979///0000 CY - St. Luis, us PB - The C.V. Mosby Company N2 - 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.- ER -