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Biomedical observations on the Warao
Demographic and biological studies of the Warao Indians • 45 • Published In 1980 • Pages: 160-165
By: Layrisse, Miguel, Layrisse, Zulay.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Biomedical observations of the Warao population is the primary focus of this study, with particular emphasis on hematological analyses of blood samples taken from individuals living in the Orinoco Delta of Venezuela.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Genetics
- Nutrition
- Physiological data
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Warao
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- South America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Amazon and Orinoco
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- 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
- John Beierle ; 2000
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1954-1974
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- ca. 1954-1974
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Orinoco Delta, Venezuela
- NotesAdditional notes
- Miguel Layrisse and Zulay Layrisse
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 164-165)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 78620049
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Warao Indians