essay
Medical research among the !Kung
kalahari hunter-gatherers : studies of the !kung san and their neighbors • Cambridge, Mass. • Published In 1976 • Pages: 166-194, 398
By: Truswell, A. Stewart, Hansen, John D. L..
Abstract
According to the authors the purpose of this study was to provide a medical profile of a hunting and gathering population; here the Dobe !Kung of northwestern Botswana. Truswell and Hansen chose three goals which they wished to achieve in this work: (1) to examine those kinds of medical conditions present or absent in the population, and their effects on the sample population; (2) to examine the incidence of heart disease among the !Kung; and (3) to investigate the nutritional status of the population under examination.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2005
- Region
- Africa
- Sub Region
- Southern Africa
- Document Type
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator Types
- Physician
- Nutritionist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle ; 1988
- Field Date
- no date
- Coverage Date
- 1967-1969
- Coverage Place
- Dobe !Kung, northwest Botswana
- Notes
- A. Stewart Truswell and John D. L. Hansen
- For bibliographical references see 45: Lee and DeVore
- LCCN
- 75028320
- LCSH
- San (African people)