Survival of the sickest : the surprising connections between disease and longevity
Moalem, Sharon2008
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Sharon Moalem proposes that common diseases came into existence for very good reasons - for example, how diabetes may be a by-product of a mechanism that helped humans survive the Ice Age, and why Asians can't drink as much alcohol as Europeans. She also looks at how the modern world influences disease.
Main title:
Survival of the sickest : the surprising connections between disease and longevity / Sharon Moalem with Jonathan Prince.
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Imprint:
London : Harper, 2008.
Collation:
xvi, 270 p. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: London: HarperCollins, 2007.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780007256549 (pbk)
Dewey class:
616.042
Local class:
616.042
Language:
English
BRN:
524039
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