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Social Inequalities in Health in Nonhuman Primates
. Ed(S): Shively, Carol A.; Wilson, Mark E.
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Hardback. Editor(s): Shively, Carol A.; Wilson, Mark E. Series: Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects. Num Pages: 183 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, 10 colour illustrations, 10 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; MBNH9; MFG; PSAN; PSVD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 444.
This book provides a comprehensive look at nonhuman primate social inequalities as models for health differences associated with socioeconomic status in humans. The benefit of the socially-housed monkey model is that it provides the complexity of hierarchical structure and rank affiliation, i.e. both negative and positive aspects of social status. At the same time, nonhuman primates are more amenable to controlled experiments and more invasive studies that can be used in human beings to examine the effects of low status on brain development, neuroendocrine function, immunity, and eating behavior. Because all of these biological and behavioral substrates form the underpinnings of human illness, and are likely ... Read more
This book provides a comprehensive look at nonhuman primate social inequalities as models for health differences associated with socioeconomic status in humans. The benefit of the socially-housed monkey model is that it provides the complexity of hierarchical structure and rank affiliation, i.e. both negative and positive aspects of social status. At the same time, nonhuman primates are more amenable to controlled experiments and more invasive studies that can be used in human beings to examine the effects of low status on brain development, neuroendocrine function, immunity, and eating behavior. Because all of these biological and behavioral substrates form the underpinnings of human illness, and are likely ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
183
Condition
New
Series
Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects
Number of Pages
178
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319308708
SKU
V9783319308708
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About . Ed(S): Shively, Carol A.; Wilson, Mark E.
Carol Shively, Ph.D. Professor Pathology Wake Forest School of Medicine cshively@wakehealth.edu (336) 716-1524 Mark Wilson PhD, Professor Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Emory University mwils02@emory.edu
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