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Alcoholic cirrhosis among the Navaho
Quarterly journal of studies on alcohol • 30 (3) • Published In 1969 • Pages: 672-685
By: Kunitz, Stephen J., Levy, Jerrold E., Everett, M..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article presents '…an attempt to use the incidence of and the death rates due to Laennec's cirrhosis as a relatively direct gauge of high alcohol intake among the Navaho…' (p. 673). Data gathered from hospital records were used to compile statistics. The results showed that Navajo have a lower death rate from cirrhosis than the general population and there is much discussion about the implications of this finding.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Alcoholic beverages
- Social offenses
- Alcoholism and drug addiction
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Navajo
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2004
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southwest and Basin
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Medical Sociologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Marlene Martin ; Richard A. Wagner ; 1985
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- none
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1964-1967
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Navajo Reservation, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- By S. J. Kunitz, E. J Levy, and M. Everett
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 684-685)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 42012551
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Navajo Indians