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  • Hormones, Health and Behaviour: A Socio-ecological and Lifespan Perspective

    Hormones, Health and Behaviour by Panter-Brick, Catherine; Worthman, Carol M.;

    A Socio-ecological and Lifespan Perspective

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    Product details:

    • Publisher Cambridge University Press
    • Date of Publication 29 October 1998

    • ISBN 9780521573320
    • Binding Hardback
    • No. of pages302 pages
    • Size 229x152x21 mm
    • Weight 610 g
    • Language English
    • Illustrations 60 b/w illus. 14 tables
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    Short description:

    Hormones, Health and Behavior looks at the relationship of human biology and human society at the intersection of behavior, hormones and health.

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    Long description:

    As widespread social transformations have been paralleled by gains in health and life expectancy through public health and other improvements, a variety of other challenges to health have emerged, particularly in lifestyle related, behaviourally mediated changes in rates of chronic disease. Hormones, Health and Behavior looks at the relationship of human biology and human society at the intersection of behavior, hormones and health. There is both scientific interest and practical urgency behind the ideas and findings presented here, as the need for a socio-ecological view of function and well-being has become more apparent. This book documents an emerging understanding of how hormones create linkage between behavior or social life and health. It will inform graduate students and researchers interested in human sciences, human development, anthropology, epidemiology, public environmental and reproductive health.

    "This is an excellent volume that pulls together much of the existing research literature on hormones and health where data have been collected under realistic field conditions. It will provide graduate students and professionals a foundation for understanding this area of research and moving into it. At the same time, I think that this work must be seen as pointing toward future work that will extend and refine our understanding of these processes." Human Biology

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    Table of Contents:

    1. Contributions of biological anthropology to the study of hormones, health and behavior C. Panter-Brick and C. M. Worthman; 2. Hormonal correlates of personality and social contexts: from non-human to human primates R. M. Sapolsky; 3. Epidemiology of human development C. M. Worthman; 4. Family environment, stress and health during childhood M. V. Flinn; 5. Work and hormonal variation in subsistence and industrial contexts C. Panter-Brick and T. M. Pollard; 6. Reproductive ecology and reproductive cancers P. T. Ellison; 7. Diet, hormones and health: an evolutionary-ecological perspective P. L. Whitten; 8. Modernisation, psychosocial factors, insulin and cardiovascular health S. T. McGarvey; Index.

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