Biological implications of human mobility / Slawomir Koziel, Raja Chakraborty and Kaushik Bose, editors.

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BIOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS OF HUMAN MOBILITY; BIOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS OF HUMAN MOBILITY; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1: THE APPEARANCE OF A NEW SOCIAL CLASS OF WEALTHY COMMONERS IN THE 19TH AND THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY POLAND AND ITS BIOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; Aims; METHODS; RESULTS; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 2: IS THE EFFECT OF AGE ON DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE MODIFIED BY THE AGE AT MIGRATION? A STUDY AMONG THE ADULT MALE SLUM DWELLERS IN EASTERN INDIA; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; METHODS; The Subjects and Setting

MeasurementsStatistical analysis; RESULTS; DISCUSSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 3: SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS, BLOOD PRESSURE AND HYPERTENSION; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; MATERIAL AND METHODS; RESULTS; DISCUSSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 4: HIGHER GRADE OF SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE INCREASED PHYSICAL GROWTH OF SCHOOL CHILDREN OF KOLKATA, INDIA; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; METHODS; Study Population; Nutritional Status; Socio-Economic Status; Statistical Analyses; RESULTS; DISCUSSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES

Chapter 5: DIFFERENCES IN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT BETWEEN MOSCOW SCHOOL CHILDREN DUE TO THEIR FAMILY STATUSABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; METHODS; RESULTS AND DISCUSSION; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 6: RURAL TO URBAN MIGRATION AND ITS IMPACT ON WOMEN'S HEALTH STATUS IN POLAND; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; The Concept of Urbanization; Urbanization and Health; Internal Migration in Poland; Why Women's Health Matters?; Study Objectives; METHODS; Participants, Study Design and Instruments; Variables; Data Analysis; RESULTS; Characteristics of Study Participants; Self-Rated Health Status

MorbidityDISCUSSION; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 7: DOES SOCIAL MOBILITY OF FATHERS AFFECT AGE AT MENARCHE IN DAUGHTERS?; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; METHODS; RESULTS; DISCUSSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 8: IMPACT OF REGIONAL MIGRATION AND SOCIAL MOBILITY ON VARIATION IN ADULT HEIGHT, WEIGHT AND BODY MASS INDEX: EVIDENCE FROM A BRITISH COHORT STUDY; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; The National Child Development Study; 1. GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION AND REGIONAL MIGRATION IN RELATION TO HEIGHT, WEIGHT AND BODY MASS INDEX; 1.1.Geographical Variation; 1.2. Regional Migration; 1.3. Discussion of Findings

2. SOCIAL CLASS VARIATION AND SOCIALCLASS MOBILITY IN RELATION TO HEIGHT,WEIGHT AND BODY MASS INDEX2.1.Social Class Variation; 2.2. Social Mobility; 2.3. Discussion of Findings; 3. BIOSOCIAL CORRELATES OF INTERGENERATIONALSOCIAL MOBILITY; 3.1. Introduction; 3.2.Relationship between Biosocial Variables and Inter-Generational Social Mobility; 3.3. Discussion of Findings; 4. IMPACT OF BOTH SOCIAL MOBILITY AND REGIONAL MIGRATION ON VARIATION IN MALE HEIGHT,WEIGHT AND BODY MASS INDEX; 4.1.Inter-Relationships between Social Mobility andGeographical Migration

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