An ecology of high-altitude infancy : a biocultural perspective / Andrea S. Wiley.
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TextSeries: Cambridge studies in medical anthropology ; 12.Publication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004.Description: 1 online resource (xxii, 244 pages) : illustrationsContent type: - text
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- Medical anthropology -- India -- Ladākhc
- Infants -- Mortality -- India -- Ladākhc
- Altitude, Influence of -- India -- Ladākhc
- Human ecology -- India -- Ladākh
- Ladākh (India) -- Environmental conditions
- Altitudes
- Social ecology
- Ethnology
- Infant Mortality
- Altitude
- Risk Factors
- Social Environment
- Anthropology, Cultural
- Infant, Low Birth Weight -- growth & development
- India
- Ethnology
- Écologie humaine -- Inde -- Ladākh
- Altitudes
- Écologie sociale
- Ethnologie
- human ecology
- social anthropology
- ethnology
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture
- Altitude, Influence of
- Ecology
- Human ecology
- Infants -- Mortality
- Medical anthropology
- India -- Ladākh
- 306.4/61/09546 22
- GN296.5.I4 W55 2004eb
- W1
- WA 900 JI4
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-226) and index.
Print version record.
Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Figures, Photographs, and Tables; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Glossary of Ladakhi Words; 1 Introduction; 2 Challenges of High-Altitude Living; 3 Contextualizing Reproductive Health Research in Ladakh; 4 Big Mountains, Small Babies; 5 An Ecology of Infancy in Ladakh; 6 Comparative Perspectives on Reproductive Health in Ladakh; 7 Toward Relevant Research: Adaptation and Policy Perspectives on Maternal-Infant Health in Ladakh; Notes; References; Index.
This book considers how the unique mountain ecology and socio-cultural patterns of the Himalayan region of Ladakh contribute to a peculiar pattern of infant mortality. Highlighting the roles of ecology, culture, history, and political economy, it stresses the burdens of women's work in this region as crucial to birth outcome.
English.
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